{"id":44758,"date":"2023-01-24T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/?p=44758"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:47:04","slug":"first-post-roe-march-for-life-marked-by-celebration-resolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2023\/01\/24\/first-post-roe-march-for-life-marked-by-celebration-resolve\/","title":{"rendered":"First post-Roe March for Life marked by \u2018celebration, resolve\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/i><\/b> This article includes additional reporting by Pathway editor Benjamin Hawkins.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n WASHINGTON (BP) \u2013<\/b> Thousands of pro-life Americans gathered Jan. 20 for the 50th annual March for Life to rejoice in a long-sought victory and to restate their commitment to protect preborn children and care for their mothers.<\/span><\/p>\n Initiated in 1974, the latest March for Life was the first to be held since the U.S. Supreme Court overruled in June of last year the Roe v. Wade<\/i> decision. That 1973 ruling legalized abortion nationwide, ultimately resulting in the deaths of more than 60 million preborn children, and prompted the launch of the pro-life march a year later. The high court\u2019s June ruling returned abortion regulation to the states.<\/span><\/p>\n Missouri Right to Life Executive Director Susan Klein, whose husband serves as pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts Summit, attended the national rally. Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/i> last summer, pro-life advocates and legislators from Missouri and from across the nation remain committed to defending the unborn.<\/span><\/p>\n