Not Able to Attend the March for Life? Here’s What You Can Do

Even if you are not able to attend the 44th Annual March for Life on Friday, January 27, your voice is still important!

Here are a few things that you can do:

1. Show your support on social media.
   • Support the March for Life and the pro-life cause on Friday using #whywemarch (and #marchforlife).
   • Check out our Tweetfest on Facebook >>> #WhyWeMarch Tweetfest
   • We want our friends, family, and the world to know why we are marching.
   • All of your #whywemarch and #marchforlife posts will be compiled at WhyWeMarch.org.
   • This is how we change our culture, with the truth and love of our advocacy.
     
     
2. Send your lawmakers a pro-life message.
   • We need every March for Life participant to send a message to their Congressman and Senators asking them to prioritize pro-life policies in the new Congress.
   • Simply text MARCH4LIFE to 99-000 and you’ll receive a text back with a link to send a quick pro-life message to your lawmakers.
   • OR go to the March for Life Action Center and send a message directly from that page.
     
     
3. Change your profile picture to say “I march for life”
   • Let your social media friends know that you march for life!
   • Follow these 3 easy steps >>> support the March for Life with your profile picture.
      
4. Facebook Live videos
   • All week we will be sharing LIVE updates on Facebook about the March for Life – please tune in!
   • On Friday, at noon, we will go LIVE with the March for Life rally, from the National Mall. Please SHARE this video on your social networks – we want millions of people tuning in to hear the truth of the pro-life message!
   • (Plus, we have an amazing line-up of speakers – click HERE to see the full list!
     
     
5. Stay connected with the March for Life
   • While we march on January 27, our important pro-life work happens all year-round.
   • Our theme this year is “the power of one” – each and every one of us is needed to make a difference for the pro-life cause in our communities and culture.
   • Sign up for emails so we can send you advocacy and volunteer ideas!
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Today is Inauguration Day, and I am reminded of how blessed we are to live in the United States of America and witness the peaceful transition of government from one Administration to the next.

Under the Obama Administration, our nation saw an unprecedented expansion of government abortion funding, and the prosecution of pro-life Americans – like the Little Sisters of the Poor and the staff at the March for Life! – because of our pro-life beliefs.

I am hopeful about the incoming Administration. I am optimistic that in these next 100 days, and coming years, we can see a reversal of pro-abortion policies in our government. The new Congress presents the pro-life movement with many opportunities to pass pro-life legislation and advance a culture of life.

President-Elect Trump has made pro-life promises and has assembled a team of personnel with incredible pro-life convictions, and qualifications, starting with Vice-President Elect Pence. (In fact, senior advisor to the incoming president, Kellyanne Conway, will be speaking at the March for Life one week from today. In a recent interview, she referred to herself as “one of the pro-life rank and file.”)

But this won’t happen unless our voices are heard. Pro-life Americans cannot sit back and expect Washington, D.C. to do the work. We must hold our elected officials accountable and demand an end to abortion extremism.

Our pro-life priorities for 2017 include:

• H.R. 7, The No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act, codifying the Hyde amendment and federal funding of abortion.
• Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, restricting abortion after 5 months of pregnancy, at which point babies can feel pain.
• Legislation defunding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Will you write to your elected officials in Washington and encourage them to prioritize pro-life legislation? (Click the Take Action button below to do so – every voice matters!)

I also want you to know that, on behalf of all marchers, March for Life Action will be working tirelessly in the coming months to make sure these priorities are passed and signed into law,

Furthermore, earlier this month, March for Life Action announced the launch of a new and comprehensive “Pro-Life Scorecard” to identify and measure national pro-life legislation to keep you informed and hold elected representatives accountable.

>>>> See March for Life Action’s announcement on a comprehensive pro-life congressional scorecard.

Just days before we march for life, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act. Do not delay, in sending this important pro-life message to your congressman and senators.

Thank you for all you do for the cause of life. We are grateful for you and look forward to seeing you one week from today in D.C. for the March for Life!

Visit our ACTION CENTER to send a pro-life message to your lawmakers!

Get ready to make thousands of new friends with your fellow pro-life students! We want to make sure that you have a meaningful March for Life experience, and that we are a unified movement to impact our friends, culture, and our representatives in government.

Below are a few tips!

1. Connect with the March for Life
   • Follow us on social media – this is the best way to stay connected and engaged with what’s happening.
     • Facebook: TheMarchforLife
     • Twitter: @March_for_Life
     • Instagram @marchforlife
     • Snapchat (themarchforlife)
   • Download the 2017 March for Life app – great guide with content and information on the March for Life and pro-life activism – perfect for a long bus ride! The app is available for Apple and Android devices. Text MFL2017 to 99-000 to get the download link.
2. Hashtags
   • We want our friends, family, and the world to know why we are marching.
   • Our primary hashtag is #WhyWeMarch. Use this in all your posts, and share why you are marching.
   • On Instagram, you can also use #marchforlife, #prolife, #prolifegen, #standforlife, #powerofone #prolifeprowoman, or perhaps your group has a specific hashtag – be creative!
   • All of your #whywemarch and #marchforlife posts will be compiled at WhyWeMarch.org.
   • This is how we change our culture, with the truth and love of our advocacy.
3. Pictures and videos
   • You can be a “citizen journalist” at the March for Life – upload your pictures and videos with #whywemarch to show the truth of the beauty –and size of the crowd! – at the March for Life.
   • Tag your local news station on Twitter/Facebook, or national news stations as well.
   • Post a video or email to info@marchforlife.org of you or your group sharing #WhyWeMarch.
4. Facebook Live
   • This is a new tool that allows Facebook users to livestream events, and these videos reach a much larger group of people than regular Facebook posts – this is a great opportunity to show the truth of the March for Life!
5. Pro-life policy
   • Now more than ever, it is important that our lawmakers hear from pro-life Americans – especially young people! In addition to social media messages, we need every March for Life participant to send a message to their Congressman and Senators asking them to prioritize pro-life policies in the new Congress.
   • Simply text MARCH4LIFE to 99-000 and you’ll receive a text back with a link to send a quick pro-life message to your lawmakers.
6. Other random tips
   • Consider wearing gloves that have screen sensitive finger tips!
   • Bring an extra battery charger for your devices!
   • Don’t forget your pro-life signs!

The March for Life is an incredible experience, and we know that you will be inspired and encouraged in your pro-life convictions. Our theme this year is “the power of one.” Your voice can make a difference, during the March for Life and throughout the year.

Together, we can change our culture for life!

Guest blog post by Rebekah Buell

In 2012, at the age of 17, I found out I was pregnant. It was the summer before my senior year of high school, so, needless to say, I was both shocked and scared. But, with much support, I chose life for my son and went on to graduate high school and even got accepted into a local university.

Things, however, did not stay great. About half way through my freshman year of college, my relationship became extremely abusive, and I decided that I needed to get out for mine and my son’s safety. Just as I did, I found out I was pregnant again. I was just shy of 19 and a teen mom to a toddler, and the thought of having another child seemed daunting and impossible.

It broke my heart, but, I chose to have an abortion… despite growing up and currently attending church and knowing this was morally wrong. Just like so many others, my mindset was not clear, and I panicked. In that moment of uncertainty that only an unplanned pregnancy can cause, I justified my actions, compromised my morals and headed to the abortion clinic.

On March 13th, 2013, I walked into Planned Parenthood, sat down, and swallowed the first of two abortion pills. I was sent on my way and instructed to take the second the following day to complete the process. But, when I got to my car, I had a radical change of heart.

Still outside of Planned Parenthood, I cried and prayed, as I felt deep regret for the decision I had just made. I looked online for help, but found nothing until I finally came across abortionpillreversal.com. The site offered a hotline number, and when I called, a nurse from a pregnancy center answered and explained that a regimen had just been released to reverse the abortion pill I had taken. I knew it wasn’t certain to work, but I was desperate. She found (and I drove) to a doctor 2 hours away who began progesterone injections, which I continued for weeks, as we tried to save my baby.

Despite the abortion clinic calling and saying that this would not work, I continued on with my pregnancy, and my second son, Zechariah, was born on 10/20/2013. He is one of the first reversal-babies in the world, and let me tell you, he is not just surviving, he is thriving, as he was and is perfectly healthy.

One selfless woman who answered my call, One caring pregnancy center, One doctor willing to take a chance, all led to one little, precious child being saved and one desperate mother being helped. That’s what is so amazing about this movement… we are all just “one,” yet, it is a powerful, domino effect that leads to real change and lives saved. Yes, because of ONE, my abortion was reversed, my life was redeemed, and my story is being re-written.

Through this journey, I have been on an “unplanned journey” that has led me to being a pro-life advocate, speaker, and most recently, –the community outreach coordinator for my local pregnancy center. I am dedicated to giving back to this movement through my life’s work and changing our society (politically and socially)!

God bless every single ONE that plays a role in this ministry. I am thankful for you, and I am thankful to now stand with you.