A crowd of 15,000 pro-lifers marched Thursday in Ottawa for the annual Canadian March for Life.
Despite numerous setbacks in recent years, pro-lifers marched in peace and hope Thursday while calling for protections for unborn babies.
“[T]here should be no compromises on the lives of the unborn, no exceptions and we added — no excuses, no apologies,” said Jim Hughes, president of the Campaign Life Coalition, the Daily Caller reports. “So every single human being created by God…is worthy of our defense.”
Unborn babies and pro-life Canadians have faced a slew of assaults by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his administration.
Last year, Trudeau’s administration introduced a new policy requiring any group that applies for a Canadian Summer Jobs grant to sign a statement that they support abortion. The requirement has prompted protests from Christians, Muslims, Hindus and other religious groups, but Trudeau has refused to make any exceptions.
A recent poll found the policy and Trudeau’s radical abortion advocacy are widely unpopular among Canadians.
In 2017, abortion drugs also became available for the first time in Canada, and many provinces now force taxpayers to pay for them. Approximately 4,200 unborn babies in Canada were killed using the deadly drugs that year, according to Health Canada.
Pro-life leaders at the march said they believe these radical pro-abortion moves brought a larger crowd to Ottawa this year. According to the Daily Caller, approximately 15,000 marched, despite strong winds and the threat of a storm.
Among the marchers were about a dozen members of parliament, according to the report.
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Check out photos from the march below.
Powerful signs. Powerful witness. We will not stop until the scourge of abortion is ended for good!#MarchforLife #prolife #PROLIFEALLIN #whywemarch pic.twitter.com/62OicUeyqa
— CLC Youth (@clcyouthprolife) May 10, 2018
Look @JustinTrudeau this is peoplekind #marchforlife #PROLIFEALLIN #WhyWeMarch pic.twitter.com/EqIdOOqXlY
— Campaign Life Coalition (@CampaignLife) May 10, 2018
#marchforlife #MarchForLife draws huge crowds in 2018, prompted no doubt by Trudeau’s dictatorial insistence that all Canadians believe as he does! #cdnpoli #cdnmedia pic.twitter.com/LFuqJHya3N
— David Krayden (@DavidKrayden) May 10, 2018
2 hours to go till the March for Life Canada!@weneedaLAW @ChoiceForTwo @RightNowHQ @TheMarchforLife @CampaignLife pic.twitter.com/umt2lSJNZR
— Brad Trost (@BradTrostCPC) May 10, 2018
Toronto Students for Life!! #prolife #prolifeallin #WhyWeMarch #MarchForLife #MarchforLifeCanada #marchforlife2018 #prowoman @CampaignLife @March_for_Life @clcyouthprolife pic.twitter.com/HUsT7hN9Zu
— Racine Senining (@chin06) May 10, 2018
We’re taking to the streets to show that we will not be complicit or apathetic to the genocide of abortion! Preborn rights are human rights!#HumanRights #ProLife #MarchforLife #PROLIFEALLIN pic.twitter.com/ZsVmgfCizp
— CLC Youth (@clcyouthprolife) May 10, 2018
#Abortion hurts women. pic.twitter.com/H7vAEDxvCS
— EWTN (@EWTN) May 10, 2018
Catherine Glenn Foster told the March for Life crowd that incremental pro-Life victories are vital to stopping the abortion industry in Canada! #cdnpoli #cdedia pic.twitter.com/CqnUPi6Mjt
— David Krayden (@DavidKrayden) May 10, 2018
Honoured to be here on Parliament Hill in support of the March for Life to which thousands of Canadians from across the country come to stand up for unborn children. The largest peaceful rally every year. pic.twitter.com/M5wTS74tZE
— Bev Shipley (@BevShipleyMP) May 10, 2018
#MarchForLife with @PTBO_Vocations @solisisters @OLWaysideCS … Lord, protect all life from the womb to the tomb!! pic.twitter.com/UMWQ80VO24
— OLWCS (@OLWaysideCS) May 10, 2018
So many people at the #MarchforLife in Ottawa today! We are thankful we could be a part of it, along with many supporters and friends! #Ottawa #cdnpoli #PROLIFEALLIN #news pic.twitter.com/KXfoifMZYc
— weneedaLAW (@weneedaLAW) May 10, 2018