MARCH FOR LIFE
40 years later B Y E L I Z A B E T H CA R D E N P H I L L I P S ’8 6
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n January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion in America in the Roe v. Wade decision. The next year, on that same day, the March for Life began. Each year since, hundreds of thousands of Americans from every state have journeyed to the nation’s capital in January to march from the National Mall to the Supreme Court in peaceful witness to the injustice of abortion. St. Cecilia Academy began attending the March for Life in 1983, the 10th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. As a junior at SCA, I was incredibly blessed to be a part of that inaugural journey. Looking back, I see it as one of the most important events of my life. (Above) Elizabeth, Sister Mary Caroline, Sister Mary Angela, and Amy Carden Conlan ‘81 met up at this year’s March for Life. (Right) Elizabeth’s daughter Cecilia ’25 with friend Stella Perazzini ‘23.
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