OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s 28^th March for Life will take place today in the nation’s capital.

Today, May 8, thousands of Canadians will gather on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill to demand that their government ends the injustice of abortion and extend legal protection to the most vulnerable members of the human family: unborn children. After the rally, these Canadians will take to the streets in a massive March for Life.

“Abortion is the deliberate and intentional killing of a preborn human being,” said Campaign Life Coalition’s Pete Baklinski in a press release. “Since 1969, more than 4.5 million Canadian babies have lost their lives to abortion. That’s the equivalent of wiping out the entire population of Alberta.”

“Today, over 100,000 abortions are committed every year in Canada—that’s roughly 300 a day. If we held a minute of silence for every child aborted in this country, we would be silent for 10 years.”

Pro-lifers will start gathering on Parliament Hill at 12 p.m. EDT for the rally, which will begin at 12:30. Speakers will include:

Emily Stimpson Chapman, a best-selling author and the Rose Dinner Keynote Speaker

This year’s National March for Life theme is “Protection at Conception,” which will bring attention to the biological facts about the beginning of human life.

“When does life begin?” Baklinski asked rhetorically. “Science is clear: life begins at the moment of conception.”

He explained that the theme “Protection at Conception” is “more than a slogan. It is a call to conscience. It is a demand that Canada recognize the inalienable rights bestowed on every human being by God, starting with the most fundamental right—the right to life.”

The National March for Life began in 1998—29 years after Canada legalized the killing of preborn children through abortion. On May 14, 1969, Parliament passed a law permitting abortion-on-demand. Since then a culture of death has prevailed in Canada, which has recently become internationally notorious, not for abortion, but for an increasingly dangerous attitude towards euthanasia.

The culture of death in Canada is so strong, it is almost impossible to win political office if one is suspected of pro-life beliefs. Nevertheless, Baklinski is adamant that abortion will never be universally acceptable in the northern nation:

For complete details about today’s March for Life, please visit marchforlife.ca/.