THE ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE ON THE MOUNTAIN TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK AT ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY IN LORETTO.
A REPORT BY WJAC INDICATES THAT STUDENTS HELD THE 9th ANNUAL EVENT IN SUPPORT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION. THE MARCHERS BEGAN WITH A PRAYER, FOLLOWED BY A MARCH AROUND THE CAMPUS MALL THEN CONCLUDED THE EVENT WITH AN AFTERNOON MASS. THE MARCH IS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON D.C. SCHOOL PRESIDENT REV. MALACHI VAN TASSEL SAYS THE MARCH IS HELD IN SUPPORT TO BRING AN END TO ABORTION AND TO PRESERVE LIFE. THE EVENT IS HELD TO PROTEST THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF ROE v WADE THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION IN THE 1970’s.
