March for Life UK enjoys record turnout as over 10,000 stand for the unborn in London

Thousands of individuals from across the UK got here together to be a robust voice for the unborn on the March for Life in London on Saturday. 

Organisers estimate that at the least 10,000 people turned out for March for Life UK 2025 on Saturday. 

Most of the people collaborating were Christians, but organisers said they were pleased to see an increasing variety of atheists on the march.

The day began with church and prayer services within the morning, before the march got underway to Parliament Square.

The enthusiasm of participants was undented within the face of a small variety of pro-abortion counter-protesters, and a separate protest nearby against a ban on the Palestine Action group where there have been a whole bunch of arrests.

This yr’s March for Life was supported by a lot of Christian leaders including Anglican and Catholic bishops, evangelist Glen Scrivener, Christian Concern CEO Andrea Williams, evangelical theologian Dr Aaron Edwards, Carla Lockhart MP, and pro-life campaigner Regan King.

Various speeches got on the day in Parliament Square. 

Lockhart told the crowds, “If human rights mean anything they have to be consistent, they have to apply to all. If we’re to see change, we must each play our part.”

Co-director of March for Life, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, said in her speech, “Priceless human beings or worthless bits of tissue – what do you suspect and more importantly, how will you respond?

“Parents, politicians, pastors, police, medics, lawyers, journalists and each single person here must make that selection. 

“These two worldviews cannot co-exist. They can’t each be right. Pick your side but remember what they are saying – the fence belongs to Satan.”

Reflecting on the success of the day, Vaughan-Spruce said that, greater than the numbers, she was delighted to listen to so many amazing stories of pro-life advocacy across the country.

“One student told me how she was planning to begin a pro-life society at her university, one other explained how the fact of the spiritual battle had been brought home to them and so they realised the necessity for private prayer,” she said.

“Others told me how they’d brought friends along because that they had been so motivated by the march last yr – they wanted others they knew to have the identical experience.” 

Some marchers now plan to carry coffee mornings of their churches to lift awareness of their communities, she said. 

“These are the individuals who will help change the culture by passing on the truths they’ve heard today to others,” she said.

Vaughan-Spruce said she was “particularly touched by the display of Christian unity on this key Gospel issue”.

“So many various denominations of Christians – and a growing variety of atheists too – put aside specific theological differences to come back together in recognition of the worth of each life from conception,” she said.

“Whilst the centre of London appeared to have erupted in chaos on Saturday, with police desperately trying to manage various protests and arresting a whole bunch of individuals, the pro-life crowd exemplified the peace and joy of those that are confident that that their cause is just, and their hope is rooted in something greater than politics.”

Dr Edwards said the event had been a very important “public witness within the hope of getting the stain of abortion faraway from our land”.

He asked that individuals proceed to hope for an end to abortion, even in the event that they were unable to participate within the march in person.

“God is sweet and God is listening,” he said. 

Scrivener said he could “really see a few of the truth-bombs at Parliament Square landing with force on counter- and other protestors”.

“Most people haven’t even begun to contemplate the dimensions of the difficulty. Globally, we kill more people in utero than who die ex utero,” he said. 

He added that he had “nothing but love for the counter-protestors“. 

Adam Smith-Connor who was recently prosecuted for praying silently in an abortion clinic buffer zone, was also on the march. He said it was “a implausible witness” to the sanctity of life.

“We should should protect babies and elderly, not kill them!” he said. 

Reflecting on the success of the day, March for Life UK Co-director Ben Thatcher said, “More and more individuals are recognising the reasonableness and consistency behind the pro-life movement.

“For us to care about human rights in any capability we must start by valuing life itself and which means the correct to lifetime of all – nobody is simply too small, too young or too dependent that their life will not be beneficial, and that right must be protected in law.”