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Hopkinsville Resident Attends D.C. March for Life

Heather Hawkins

  A Hopkinsville woman is one of thousands of pro-life Americans attending the The March for Life in Washington, D.C. Friday. 

Following last week’s Women’s March, an event proclaiming women's rights and progressive values, the 44th Annual March for Life is having its turn on the grounds of the Washington Monument.

 

Heather Hawkins said those in opposition to pro-life values feel feel the event’s ideals conflict with the Women's March, but said the atmosphere of the rally is meant to be peaceful and is not meant to negate last week’s march.

“What we believe is for women as well. I feel and I know many people feel like they are marching for women. I am marching for those ladies and I want them to have better healthcare and I want them to have more choices,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins said while the rally has many Trump supporters it is focused primarily on the issue of Pro-Life, not pro-Trump. Trump tweeted Friday, saying “The March for Life is so important- you have my full support!”

“What we believe is for women as well. Not always do people understand why we do what we do-- that we do care about the woman, the babies, and the father. People are happy to defend their cause, to fight for life,” Hawkins said.

 

March for Life is an annual march in Washington, D.C. According to their website, the march happens in correlation with the Roe vs. Wade ruling, the court case that made abortion legal in America on January 22nd. Their website says their mission statement is “to provide all Americans with a place to testify to the beauty of life and the dignity of each human person”.

“All you see is life stuff everywhere and all you see is people smiling. And it’s just a great joyful place, it’s not a place of pushing someone’s agenda,” Hawkins said. Hawkins traveled from Hopkinsville with her local “Right to Life” group, a Catholic pro-life ministry.

 

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