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From college campuses to the March for Life, young people (and young families) are giving new life to the pro-life cause.
I’ve gone to many Marches for Life since my first in 1975. Two things that have struck me positively: it’s more ecumenical and it’s growing younger.
That it’s growing younger is not just a reverse mirror of me getting older. There are more young people there. Nor is it “compulsory attendance on a field trip” from Catholic schools. Those young people are from colleges and universities: fresh voters. They’re also not just from the old Catholic colleges and universities that are March for Life standbys — schools like Franciscan University, Belmont Abbey and Christendom. A few years back I remember getting attached to a large group from Louisiana State University. A state university!
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I’ve gone to many Marches for Life since my first in 1975. Two things that have struck me positively: it’s more ecumenical and it’s growing younger.
That it’s growing younger is not just a reverse mirror of me getting older. There are more young people there. Nor is it “compulsory attendance on a field trip” from Catholic schools. Those young people are from colleges and universities: fresh voters. They’re also not just from the old Catholic colleges and universities that are March for Life standbys — schools like Franciscan University, Belmont Abbey and Christendom. A few years back I remember getting attached to a large group from Louisiana State University. A state university!
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How the Pro-Life Generation Is Redefining ‘Unthinkable’
From college campuses to the March for Life, young people (and young families) are giving new life to the pro-life cause.
