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ST. LOUIS (LifeSiteNews) — A pro-life group is only more committed to working to protect the preborn after a small pack of pro-abortion agitators attempted to disrupt their march in St. Louis, Missouri on April 29.
Brian Westbrook, executive director of Coalition Life, told LifeSiteNews on Tuesday that the disturbance took place during his organization’s planned March on the Arch pro-life protest.
Westbrook said the event, which was sponsored by numerous pro-life groups including Students for Life of America and Life Runners, was attended by at least 200 advocates for the unborn, although some members of the team estimated that roughly 400 actually participated. The march began at the city’s Aloe Plaza at the St. Louis Union Station and concluded at the iconic Gateway Arch.
Shortly after the event kicked off, however, march participants, including families with young children, were subjected to insults and attempted disruptions from a band of about 15-20 leftist activists.
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“As we got onto the streets, it was about a mile march from Union Station downtown,
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