{"id":319606,"date":"2024-10-02T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=319606"},"modified":"2024-10-01T22:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:42:49","slug":"tens-thousands-march-life-slovakia-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tens-thousands-march-life-slovakia-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands march for life in Slovakia: &#8216;Love is pro-life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pro-lifers gathered in Slovakia for the fourth March for Life on September 22, an event leaders estimate drew nearly <strong>40,000<\/strong> people. The march&#8217;s slogan was, &#8220;Love is pro-life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, the event&#8217;s spokeswoman Rebecca Luk\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 said the participants joined &#8220;to publicly express that they want the<br \/>\ngood of every human being, including unborn children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we love someone, we want them to be protected,&#8221; added spokesman Patrik Dani\u0161ka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcitizengouk%2Fposts%2F849275857375873&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"753\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the speakers was the country&#8217;s Commissioner for Children, Jozef Miklosko, who said that he considers it his job to advocate for <em>all<\/em> children, including those who are preborn.<\/p>\n<p>Participants also received a personal message from Pope Francis, delivered via Nuncio Nicola Girasoli. &#8220;Pope Francis marches with you today! Let it be a march of joy and enthusiasm, let it be a real march for life. Let it be a march of hope. Be always supporters of life. Life is a gift of God. Be always proud and ready to protect life. Receive from Pope Francis an embrace full of peace and hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55jytwR45do?si=rC0Ocvfr1r4zwmsD\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>One woman who runs a helpline for pregnant women decried how often women are told that abortion is the only answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is barbaric, cruel, and unfair to life to a pregnant woman in a difficult life situation that abortion is the solution,&#8221; she said. &#8220;How is it that in our free countries, under the guise of so-called women&#8217;s rights, abortion practices that totalitarian regimes excelled at are not only maintained but expanded?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, abortion is legal in Slovakia up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. According to the event&#8217;s press release, the number of preborn children killed from abortion dropped continuously every year from 1987 to 2021; however, it rose in both 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The National Centre for Health Information reported 5,420 abortions were committed in 2023.\u00a0Notably, Slovakia is one of only a few European countries where the abortion pill is not permitted, though abortion advocates are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/health-consumers\/news\/slovakian-health-minister-holds-keys-to-unlocking-abortion-pill-impasse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actively lobbying<\/a> for its legalization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/resist-pressure-to-dispense-the-abortion-pill\/\"><b><i>Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-lifers gathered in Slovakia for the fourth March for Life on September 22, an event leaders estimate drew nearly 40,000 people. 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