The number of pro-life people who showed up despite the weather and despite the threat of counter-protesters was “awesome,” she said. She said pro-abortion groups have ramped up their counter-protests of pro-life events in New York following the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. A participant in the International Gift of Life Walk prays the Rosary for the dignity of all life as the walk is about to begin March 25, 2023. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNAīernadette Patel, a Catholic pro-life activist from New York, said the purpose of the walk was to hold a “prayer vigil and witness, to show that there are pro-lifers in New York.” Patel said last year’s walk was “so peaceful,” in contrast to this latest one, which saw pro-abortion protesters pile trash in the streets in an attempt to slow down the pro-life walkers. The International Gift of Life Walk winds its way down Broadway escorted by the NYPD on March 25, 2023. Approximately 30 counter-protesters shouted and rang cowbells from the roadsides in an attempt to disrupt the march. Images captured at the rally by photojournalist Jeffrey Bruno show individuals and pro-life groups marching in dismal rain and wind, many with rosaries, amid a heavy police presence. Speakers at the rally included former abortion doctor Haywood Robinson, who now works with 40 Days for Life and Ed Mechmann, policy director for the Archdiocese of New York. The seventh annual International Gift of Life Walk-NYC on March 25 attracted more than 250 people who processed about a mile through New York City in an attempt to bear witness to the pro-life cause. Counter-protestors try to block the International Gift of Life Walk by placing trash in the path on March 25, 2023. Despite the suboptimal conditions - which included pouring rain - the pro-life walk attracted several hundred participants. Pro-abortion protesters attempted to disrupt a prayerful pro-life walk in New York City on Saturday, in part by throwing garbage in their path.
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