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T E E N C O R N E R : REFLECTIONS ON THE MARCH FOR LIFE

by Mackenzie Howard and Mary Marcell

Going to the March for Life was an astounding experience. Being able to see the masses of people march- ing to Capitol Hill was empowering and inspiring; it left us feeling inspired as well as sad for the lives that are lost. This was our second March. Our first ex- perience going to the March we didn’t know how to take it. It was intense and challenging to speak about, but this time around, we felt more empowered, and we began to realize the enormity of the cause and the vast amount of people who believe in it as well. For us, teens seeing beyond social media and pop culture sometimes seems impossible. In public school, be- ing pro-life is negative. People brutally bash you for not being pro-choice, and some even will stop being your friends. In a world like high school, it seems ev- eryone is pro-choice, and so going to this March we realized how that isn’t true. We saw people from all walks of life and re- ligions that believe in this cause as well. It was an eye-opening experience that we wish more of our generation could see. Since attending the March, we have been trying to figure out ways to make an im- pact on this cause more often. We feel we all need to do more to get this cause at- tention, especially with the youth. If we want abortions to stop, one day a year is not enough to fix the significant loss of life that happens each year due to it. Statistics show that a third of our generation has been lost due to this epidemic. That is a hole that is not possible to fill--people we will never meet and impacts those chil- dren will never be able to make. The things those children would have accomplished in their lifetimes will forever be unknown. The only thing we can do now is to keep showing up and to keep pushing for what is right. And we must contin- ually show our support for this cause, not just one day a year but in whatever ways available to us. The March for Life shows the importance of this cause. So we must continue the work in hopes that one day all of our youth will be saved!

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