Thousands of individuals gathered in central London Saturday to participate within the annual March for Life UK.
The march processed from the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster to Parliament Square.
It was joined by Christians of various denominations, with Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox church services happening within the morning.
This 12 months’s theme was ‘Abortion is not Healthcare’ and guest speakers included ethicist Dr Calum Miller, fertility specialist Ira Winter, ex-abortionist Dr Haywood Robinson, and pro-life campaigner Dawn McEvoy, of the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland and Both Lives Matter.
“Pro-choice, that is a lie. Babies never decide to die,” Haywood chanted from the stage in Parliament Square.
“As a retired family physician who practised medicine for forty years, I do know what real healthcare is and I assure you, abortion – the killing of our kids – shouldn’t be healthcare,” he said.
Joining the march was the Catholic Church’s lead bishop on life issues, Bishop John Sherrington, who said he was there “to encourage and support all those many individuals across our countries who’re captivated with the gift of life and need laws that respects that gift”.
Also joining the march was Patrick Regan King, pro-life advocate and pastor of The Angel Church in London, who said that pro-life stays a ‘taboo’ subject in parts of the evangelical church.
“People don’t desire to speak about it, they don’t desire to take care of it truthfully from the pulpit – or only in very broad, vague terms. But the ability of redemption is recognising abortion for what it’s, recognising the sin that it’s against God, but in addition recognising that there is freedom,” he said.
