This past Saturday, about 80 stalwart pro-life souls ventured out with us on our pilgrimage to Bayview, Wisconsin and back.  We started from the corner of 5th and Mitchell in Milwaukee, so about a 3.6 mile trek round trip – a very similar distance as the national March for Life, which goes from the Washington Monument to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.  It took about two hours to march there and back, so everyone could surely check off the box to get their exercise that day! 

Local pro-life leaders stepped up to the bullhorn one after the other. Father John Baumgardner, Associate Pastor at Three Holy Women Catholic Parish, led us in prayer and offered a blessing for our safety as we marched on to Bayview.  September, Milwaukee coordinator for 40 Days for Life and sidewalk counselor, gave a brief reflection on how abortion harms women, men, and society – but to me, it sounded more like a prayer, so even better!  Last to speak was State Representative Cody Horlacher, who spoke to us about his pro-life journey and how Matt Sande, myself, and Pro-Life Wisconsin helped him get to and embrace the 100% no exceptions position on abortion – not just personally, but in his legislative work as well!  Praise God! 

When we arrived in downtown Bayview, you could tell right away we were not a welcome addition to their morning.  As we passed the drinking establishments, the patrons stood in the window giving us the middle finger.  The sidewalks were not shoveled very well, so if any pedestrians had to walk past us, you could see the disdain for our message in their eye rolls, shaking their head (no) and the hyper-dramatic pulling up of their face mask.  It was a very windy day, so our prayers traveled extra well as we bull-horned through downtown Bayview!  One young man came out of the public library and shouted at us, “Why don’t you guys mind your own business?”  For me, this summed up the reason we must march.  IT IS OUR BUSINESS!  If you were a witness to a murder but did nothing to stop it, YOU would be charged in that murder as well!  If I had a dollar for every time someone yelled out their windows as they drove past us at the abortion centers, “Get a job!” – “Mind your own business!” – “My body my choice!” – “FILL IN THE BLANK” – I’d be a very rich man, indeed.

When our preborn brothers and sisters in Christ are being slaughtered by the thousands in Wisconsin, their safety must be our “business!”  We cannot look the other way.  We must end abortion now!

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