4,000 March At Capitol In Protest Of Abortion

By Keith Eldridge

Summary

It's the 26th year in a row demonstrators have come to make their message heard.

Story Published: Jan 20, 2004 at 2:26 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 12:23 AM PST

4,000 March At Capitol In Protest Of Abortion
OLYMPIA - Several thousand people descended on the state capitol Tuesday calling for an end to abortion. This is the 26th year demonstrators have come.

Organizers say it's heartening to see 4,000 people there, but they say it's heartbreaking that they have to come at all.

Supporters who've been coming for years vow to keep up the fight.

"We just keep praying," said Maxine Eiler with March For Life. "The Lord is in charge of this and it's going to change. He's going to take care of it. Our prayers are going to change this world around. We've got to get morality back."

One of the bills they're supporting again this year is requiring parental consent for young people getting abortions.