Though state governors have attended the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) is the first to participate in an official pro-life march for a state.

The second major pro-life event held at the capitol of Richmond in only two months, the Virginia March for Life included the participation of multiple pro-life officials and elected leaders. The March was organized to coincide with Virginia's Veto Day, ensuring legislators from across the state would be on Capitol Hill. Approximately 500 people took part.

Speakers at the rally, situated at Richmond's historic bell tower in the hour preceding the march, included Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R); Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpepper); Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Jeanne Mancini, the president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund; and Olivia Gans Turner, the president of the Virginia Society for Human Life. Adoption advocates and women who regret their abortions shared testimony.

In her speech, Sears emphasized the message of life from conception until death found in sacred Scripture and argued that each generation needs to be convinced of its responsibility to protect human life... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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