This year our March For Life was one day ahead of the National March in Ottawa. And I can say - we were lucky to have it this year. The flood water was already gone and the weather was just great. There were about 300 of us from all across the province, gathered in front of the New Brunswick Legislature, rallying for the unborn babies' right to life. 
The Legislature wasn't in session today, but the representatives from both the Liberal and the Progressive Conservative caucuses were at the gates of the Legislature building. The theme for this year's March For Life was straightforward - New Brunswick needs babies.
It's been already confirmed by many independent experts that the province (as well as the whole Atlantic Canada region) experiences a severe demographic crisis that threatens to reduce the region into a third world status. While the provincial government does have a population growth strategy, it focuses on immigration, rather than on the natural growth. 
So our message to the provincial government is to adopt a pro-life strategy. To teach our children the value of human life. To encourage families to have more children. To support Pregnancy Resource Centres. To encourage change of attitude towards families with more than two children... 
MLAs representing both political parties expressed their support to the pro-life cause. Each gave a short speech, reaffirming the province's commitment not to give in to the pro-aborts' demands and not to fund abortions on demand (which are performed at the private clinics) with taxpayers' money. Moreover, as it was suggested by the PC MLA Jody Carr, the rules, under which over 1 in 3 abortions on demand qualify as "medically necessary", must be revised. Well, it's about time! 
Our opponents insist that abortion is a "choice" - without bothering to specify what kind of "choice" is that. A woman who "chose" abortion told us her story - how there was no one around willing (or able) to tell her what hides behind the fancy word "choice" and how this "choice" left her emotionally devastated. Now she's sharing her experience with others - so that other women don't make the same mistake she did...
As always, our March For Life ended with the prayer at the Mother And Child Welcome Centre. The Morguentaler's abortuary, where hundreds of unborn babies are put to death every year, was just across the fence. And further away (right behind the "clinic") - there was a cemetery... Looks quite symbolic, doesn't it?P.S. As Daily Gleaner reports, there were 6 MLAs present at the rally. Not bad for a day when the Legislature wasn't in session.
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