25,000 attend National March for Life Published: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 12:57 pm | Author: Paul Tuns Print This Article Tagged with: March for Life The 2013 National March for Life in Ottawa attracted a record-crowd of 25,000 pro-lifers to Parliament Hill, surpassing last year’s attendance by approximately 5000 people. The size of the march, combined with construction on Wellington Street in front of Parliament, led police to shut off the exits, which prevented an estimated 2000 people from leaving the Hill and marching through the streets of the nation’s capital.Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition, which organizes the National March for Life (MFL), told The Interim his group appreciates the predicament of the police in ensuring the smooth entry and exit from the grounds of thousands of demonstrators.
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25,000 attend National March for Life