2013 Ann Arbor Life Chain UPDATE!
Thank you to Everyone Who Prayed and
Participated!
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A special you to Iris for her excellent news coverage!
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Life
Chain 2013
by Iris Hanlin
ANN
ARBOR -- On October 6, a cool, overcast Sunday afternoon, the intersection of
Huron Parkway and Washtenaw Ave. in Ann Arbor was lined with over 250 pro-life
activists for National Life Chain Sunday 2013. From 2 to 3:30 p.m., men,
women, and children of all walks of life stood on the public sidewalks, holding
signs including those which read “Women Do Regret Abortion,” “Adoption: The
Loving Option,” “Defend Life,” as well as signs with numbers to various crisis
pregnancy help lines.
“I
think it’s important to put a smile, and a happiness, and a positive face to
the pro life movement,” says Heidi Bratton, mother of 6, ranging from age 5 to
23. “Because life is good.”
Barb
Brown, who works with the youth of Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor
agrees, and believes the public display of the Life Chain adds an important
element in raising awareness of the cause and the issue at hand. “I think
it’s important that an issue this big in our nation is kept in the eye of the
public, and this is one of the most family friendly ways to do it,” she
said. “It doesn’t have to be confrontational. It can be peaceful
and prayerful.”
Here
in Ann Arbor, pro-lifers are trying especially to reach the students of the
University of Michigan. “We are here to stand up for life and for
babies,” says Paul Dobrowolski, regional director for the Ann Arbor chapter of
40 Days for Life. “I believe this is the perfect place to be – right in
the heart of liberal Midwest. We need to get the word out – there is a
lot of laissez-faire feelings in this town, and we are here to get people
motivated, and to let people know these are human beings in the womb.”
Half
the crowd was young people, who believed their presence was just as
important. “The young people are the fire, and I feel like when young
people are out here, people can see it’s just not older people,” says Brigid
Lennon, 17, of Ann Arbor.
Life
Chain is devoted to prayer and peaceful, family-friendly protest. Life
Chains occur in other nations on different dates, and all Chains make a point
of remaining peaceful. More than 20,000 Chains have been held worldwide
this far, and no known pro-lifer has been cited or arrested.
Ann
Arbor’s Life Chain was one in over 1550 cities and towns in the U.S. and
Canada, who, again this year, proclaimed the irrefutable message of the
pro-life movement: Human life is to be valued and protected from the
moment of conception. Participants credit the faithful assistance of God,
and praise him with grateful hearts.
For
more information on Life Chain, visit www.LifeChain.net or www.NationalLifeChain.org. Royce Dunn,
Director of Life Chain: Royce@nationallifechain.org,
by
Iris Hanlin
Ann
Arbor Life Chain Organizers:
Marilyn
Geyer
Sandie
Weathers
Pro-Life
Action Network - The Ann Arbor Life Chain People
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