
Tens of thousands of pro-lifers rally in 21st annual Walk for Life West Coast
“Don’t let the enemy derail you.”
-Ryan Bomberger, Walk for Life speaker
By Valerie Schmalz
A high school student from Turlock summed it up: “I am here to prevent abortion.”
Elizabeth, a mother from Milipitas, said it a different way: “We want all babies to have a future.”
Dylan, his group of friends from Sacred Heart Parish in Turlock, and Elizabeth from St. Elizabeth de Portugal Parish were among tens of thousands of people who came from San Francisco, Berkeley and the San Joaquin Valley and from as far away as southern California and Oregon to demonstrate publicly for life and against abortion.
Participants in the 21st annual Walk for Life West Coast filled the plaza in front of City Hall and walked, singing, chanting and holding signs for more than a mile along Market Street to the Embarcadero, behind the Walk’s banner “Abortion hurts women.”