Speeches From The New Brunswick March For Life

At the start of the rally, the organizers estimated the crowd at about 320 people. Apparently, some more people joined us later (after all, the rally did start earlier than in the previous years,) so the Gleaner reports that there were about 400 of us. That's even better. And hopefully - that's not the maximum turnout we can look forward for.

"Abortions are being performed on demand in these two hospitals," said Peter Ryan, executive director of the association, Thursday.

"We think there is a violation of the law."

He said that according to the Department of Health, in 2009 there were 341 medically necessary abortions performed at the Georges Dumont Hospital in Moncton and the Chaleur hospital in Bathurst.

That compares to three at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, one in Saint John and none at the other hospitals in the province, said Ryan.

The medicare system in New Brunswick won't pay for an abortion unless it's declared medically necessary by two physicians.

"We just compare the statistics," said Ryan.

"They have obviously a very, very different sense of what medically necessary means.

"They are basically abusing that term."

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Here's Peter Ryan's speech in full.

And here are a couple more speeches from our rally:

This one is by Cathy Jensen, our vice-president and a pro-life mother of four adorable children. She talks about... choice. How those who claim to be "pro-choice" actually deny informed choice to their followers.

And here's a speech by pastor Bob Emrich - a pro-life pro-family leader, who came all the way from Maine to join our protest against the wholesale slaughter of innocent unborn babies.

Due to YouTube 10-minute limit, I had to remove the part where Bob speaks about how dignified Canadians are. But the rest of the speech is here including - why should we keep fighting and praying, no matter what; even if seems like the odds are against us.

Please excuse the shaking picture, and the wind, which sometimes makes it quite difficult to make out the words, was obviously not something I could control. But at the very least - the speeches have been recorded, so now they can be embedded, replayed, quoted... And that's what I believe is the most important.