Hundreds gathered under St. Louis’ trademark Gateway Arch this weekend for a pro-life march.
A “battleground” bordering Illinois, one of the country’s most permissive abortion states, Missouri effectively shut down its abortion industry in 2022, banning abortion just hours after the Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Now pro-lifers look to the east and south while continuing to lobby at home, fighting the passage of several referendums that could permit more abortions.
Speakers called for justice for pregnant women and their unborn, highlighting the deadly effects of chemical abortions on women and their children as abortion drugs are federally endorsed and become increasingly available.
“Our voice is especially important as we combat the abortion industry’s new frontier, chemical abortion,” said speaker Reagan Barklage, Students for Life national field director. “Chemical abortion not only ends the lives of preborn children but it is extremely harmful to women. While all abortions are dangerous, chemical abortion is especially, as it is four times more dangerous than surgical abortion.”
Fifty percent of America’s abortions are chemical; 670 of the unborn die daily by such methods.
“That number will only continue to increase, as that is the direction the abortion industry wants to head,” Barklage said. “This is alarming, and should be the motivation we all need to remember the battle is not yet won.”
Illinois’ Pro-Abortion Policies
Just across the state line, Illinois supports the big business of abortion, providing a permissive and lenient atmosphere for abortion facilities and serving as a
