The annual March for Life on Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital is just days away, as thousands of Canadians prepare to travel to Ottawa for May 14th.

This year’s March for Life marks the 40th anniversary of legal abortion in Canada, resulting in the deaths of over 3 million unborn babies in the last four decades.

That’s a lot of lives lost and a lot of women and men hurting as a result.

Tragically, these babies had heart beats and brain waves that could be detected. They were fully formed and swimming in their mother’s womb when abortion was visited upon them.

Sadly, most of their mothers didn’t know that their little ones were fully developed human beings. They were told “it’s just a blob of tissue.” But, in their hearts, they knew. And, now they suffer.

Even today, most post-abortive women will say they felt pressured and coerced to have their abortions. They felt they had no choice. So much for choice!

Surely, as a caring community, we can do more for women experiencing a crisis pregnancy. They need our support so that they and their babies can make it.

No woman should ever feel that she has to have an abortion. There are so many options and so many supports and so many couples waiting to adopt. But, she needs to be empowered by the support of loved ones to carry on with her pregnancy.

If you have not planned to be in Ottawa on May 14th for the March for Life, see if you can rearrange your schedule to join thousands of Canadians in a peaceful protest against this grave abuse toward children in the womb and their mothers.

Someone’s life may depend on it.

Joanne Matters, Executive Director Halton Pro-Life