Thousands call for end to abortion in Ottawa at 29th Annual March for Life

OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Thousands of Canadians are gathering today in the capital for the annual March for Life to call for an end to abortion, which has taken 5 million lives in Canada since becoming legal, and demand respect for life from conception to natural death.

The 29th annual March for Life is being held on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, with the rally starting at 12:30 p.m. EDT, with a range of leading pro-life speakers. Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) is organizing the event.

Planned speakers include Archbishop Marcel Damphousse, Rebecca Kiessling, Aleš Primc, Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, and CLC’s Jeff Gunnarson. A full list of speakers can be found here.

The entire event will be livestreamed on EWTN. CLC says that the march through downtown Ottawa will start at 1:30 p.m. EDT, with the Silent No More Awareness Testimonials starting at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

The march will then be followed by a Closing Prayer Service on Parliament Hill at 3 p.m. EDT at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute.

The theme of this year’s March for Life is “Follow Me,” a reference to Jesus’s call in Matthew 4:19 to His disciples: “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

On the eve of today’s 29th annual March for Life in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, CLC staff urged all MPs, along with the Liberal government, to do more to protect “life” and vote against euthanasia, which it said is a “ticking time bomb.”

As reported by LifeSiteNews, Toronto’s Cardinal Frank Leo delivered a strong pro-life message before the 29th annual Canadian National March for Life, reiterating the Catholic Church’s full opposition to abortion, IVF, artificial birth control, and euthanasia.

Full details on the March, including exact dates, times, and locations, can be found on the National March for Life website.