On Saturday, January 20, thousands of people from around the state came together in downtown Phoenix for the Arizona for Life March and Rally, an event celebrating and advocating for the beauty and dignity of every human life. The march began at the Cesar Chavez Memorial Plaza and culminated in a rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Park.
Last week, Americans United for Life (AUL) released its annual Life List and ranked Arizona as the #1 Pro-Life state.
After a “comprehensive analysis of each state’s legal protections for human life from conception to natural death,” AUL’s legal team gave Arizona the highly coveted #1 ranking as the most pro-life state in the country. That is, the state that provides women and their children the most legal protections. Arizona was closely followed by Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Kansas.
In 2017, AUL ranked Arizona as the #5 most protective state and was one of only four states named as AUL All-Stars, but this is the first time Arizona has received a #1 ranking. AUL will release its full report next Monday on the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
According to Steve Aden, AUL’s Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, “legislators across the country are continuing to fight back against ‘increasingly corporate abortion industry, that is determined to put their profit margins before the health and safety of women and children.’”
The Center for Arizona Policy says the Arizona legislature exemplifies this fight in defense of women and their children.
Let’s strive for equal dignity for women and men on solid grounds not violence. ? @girlfrommarial (earlier today at @AZLifeRally) #MarchforLife #AZLifeRally #WhyIMarch #whywemarch pic.twitter.com/sDda9VOZZO
— Fr. Fernando Camou (@Fr_Camou) January 21, 2018
Blessed to have a couple of SM students lead the Arizona Rally for Life today! Go Knights! pic.twitter.com/9Ahddt2ame
— Ryan Ayala (@ryanayala_) January 20, 2018