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'Choose Life': Politically Opposed Marches, Parallel Messages

The "March For Our Lives" and "March For Life" used similar messaging about choosing life, untimely death and speaking out for those who can't.
Anti-abortion advocates participate in a 'die-in' demonstration on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, January 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C. This year is the 44th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case, which established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.

Though they were on opposite ends of the political spectrum, the "March For Our Lives" and "March For Life" occupied the same grass in Washington, D.C., had similar names and more — parallel messaging about choosing life, untimely death

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