15,000 Walk For Life in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21
Christian Wire Service/

Fifteen thousand pro-life supporters filled the streets along San Francisco’s waterfront for more than a mile, walking behind a banner that proclaimed “Abortion Hurts Women.”
The turnout for the second annual Walk for Life West Coast was double last year’s, despite a day that dawned rainy and cloudy.

“We’re obviously building momentum,” said organizer Dolores Meehan, in reference to the police crowd count. “It’s not just an event, it’s a movement.”

While last year’s Walk was marred by about 1,000 angry pro-abortion counter-demonstrators who spit and threw eggs and condoms, this year saw just a few hundred lining the sidewalks and chanting. Walk for Life participants were asked to avoid all interaction with the pro-abortion demonstrators, and did, walking quietly. In contrast to the initial 2005 Walk, which drew denunciations from San Francisco’s mayor and board of supervisors, the mayor and most supervisors ignored the event. Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice California, in contrast to last year, did not organize counter demonstrations. The rest