Tens of thousands of abortion opponents marched through the cold in Washington, D.C. yesterday (January 22, 2010) in the annual "March for Life," marking the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Those at the event heard a message that centered on fighting the now-stalled federal health-care package and ensuring that any future health-care plans would prohibit the use of federal funding for abortions, the Washington Post website reports today.
Many at the rally cited the election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts as a sign of shifting momentum to conservative causes such as theirs.
Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate this week to complete the term of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), a liberal who supported federal funding for abortions. Brown's Senate victory stunned many people, since Massachusetts -- the most liberal state in the nation -- had elected only Democrats to Congress for the past several decades.
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