The teen division of a national pro-life group plans to have a strong presence at the March for Life in Washington later this month.
More and more young people participate in the annual event every year, which takes place around the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. This year's event is scheduled for January 24.
Jake Dagel, international youth director of Pro-Life Unity's Teen Defenders project, explains why young people have gotten so focused on the issue. "Oftentimes in the movement, we as teenagers are going to end abortion -- not necessarily the adults," he notes. "And so we are looking at a way to make teenagers feel empowered and to let them know through the power of Christ how possible it is for them to end abortion. So we are taking all of our initiative through the power of Christ in helping teenagers help end abortion."
He says Teen Defenders has already received endorsements from major organizations for this year's march.
"We're hoping to pull in at least 15,000 teenagers, rally them up, [and] let them know how empowered they are, and we're going to walk them into the March for Life area," Dagel reports. "We're going to do our best to get everyone informed about this and make a big statement that the teenagers are the face of the movement and it's the teenagers who are going to end abortion -- not necessarily overnight, but hopefully really, really soon."
He goes on to point out that the abortion movement continues to tell teenagers lies, but young people are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that one-third of their generation has been lost to abortion.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: January 17, 2011
