ANNAPOLIS, Md. — More than a thousand anti-abortion advocates flooded downtown Annapolis on Monday evening to rally against legislation poised to broaden access to and increase protections for abortion care in Maryland.
”We have to speak for those who cannot,” said anti-abortion speaker and podcaster Gloria Purvis. “That includes the child in the womb; that includes the person at the end of their life; that includes the person in difficult circumstances right now that are not heard. We are their voices.”
Anti-abortion advocates stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the chilly February rain Monday evening, nearly spilling off the sidewalk onto College Avenue for the 44th annual Maryland March for Life rally. It was also the first in Annapolis since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down legal precedent set by the landmark Roe v. Wade case, leaving states to determine their own policies regarding abortion access.