Philipines Pro-Life Youth Rally Sees 10,000 Teenagers Oppose Abortion
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
February 27, 2007

Manila, Philipines (LifeNews.com) -- Over the weekend, more than 10,000 pro-life young people attended a rally in the Filipino capital. Organized by the nation's leading pro-life group, the youth who attended made commitments to abstain from sexual relations until marriage and to fight to keep abortions illegal in this island nation.

Pro-Life Philippines coordinated the rally along with pro-life groups at various colleges and universities and Ali Atienza, who heads inner city development in Manila, spoke to the crowd.

His father, Lito Atienza, is the mayor of Manila and also the president of Pro-Life Philippines.

The teenagers gathered in the San Andres sports center and complex and pledged their support for upholding pro-life principles and leading upstanding lives. the rest