WHAT: March For The Babies
WHEN: Saturday 10 October 2009
WHERE: Treasury Gardens, corner of Spring Street and Wellington Parade, Melbourne
TIME: 11am
It's now less than a month before we will march on Parliament and demand a reversal of our Roe v Wade here in Victoria. Members of the original and current March For The Babies committee, Youth For Life would like to extend an invitation to you to march with us at this sad event.
As we mark the year anniversary of our state sanctioned killing, we will renew our fervour and plan to redouble our efforts. We will remember those of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters who were silenced this year, their tiny bodies mangled and thrown like so much rubbish into surgical bins. We will remember the lives destroyed by abortion, the denied grandparents, the voiceless men, the wounded women, the berefit siblings. We will combine our prayers and our actions with added vigor - no matter the lies, the criticism, the backbiting; no matter the suffering, the personal cost to our reputations, our pockets and our popularity - we shall stand firm and we shall overcome!
On October 10, 2008, the Victorian Parliament passed the Abortion Law Reform Act, one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world. This law eliminated all legal protection for Victorian children until the moment of birth. In remembrance of this shameful day, we gather to march for the babies who never see the light of day in Victoria. The babies of every one in three pregnancies. The more than 20,000 babies killed in Victoria every year.Together we express our profound disapproval with our Government's failure to:
* Protect the fundamental right to life of every person in our state.
* Offer real help to women in crisis pregnancies, and others who have suffered through abortion.
* Allow freedom of conscience for our health care professionals.
Our goal is to overturn this terrible law and provide full legal protection to our most vulnerable Victorians. Please join us, as we march in this peaceful witness to life, from Treasury Gardens to Parliament House, and hear inspirational speakers and music with a message of courage and hope.
There's a long road ahead, but we shall overcome!
