Pro-life advocates took to the streets throughout Mexico on Sept. 21 to march for life, family, and conscience protections.
Marches were held in some 100 cities across the country, including Guadalajara, Querétaro, Xalapa, Monterrey, Pachuca, Huejutla, Tlaxcala, Chilpancingo, Puebla, Naucalpan, Celaya, Guanajuato, Hidalgo. Additionally, marches took place in the United States at the Mexican consulates in Chicago and San Diego.
Organizers estimated that some 500,000 people participated throughout the country.
A statement read at events in different cities stressed the need to reject a culture of death and “build an authentic culture of life.”
“For this to happen, we have to start with the family, the basic cell of society,” the statement said. “We reiterate that the function of the government is to ensure everyone’s rights…If we can’t guarantee life, we will hardly be able to guarantee other fundamental rights.”
The marches also condemned organized crime, extortions, kidnappings, and other acts of violence, calling on government officials to “make Mexico a safe place to live, where the lives of all Mexicans are guaranteed, the first human right. Today not one less Mexican!”
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Why show a Mexican flag from St Peters? Isn’t there an image from all the large demonstrations reported in the article?
Interesting that the marches were coordinated between the two countries. When one looks at the murder rate in Mexico one must conclude life is not valued there.