March 2013
The „March for Life” is the main pro-life event in Romania. It takes place every year, at the same time, in different cities, around the 25th of March (the feast of „Announciation”). This event is organized by the pro-life movement, as part of civil society. The main goal of the march is affirming the right to life of all human beings starting with conception and at the same time supporting the traditional family and its values, as being the base of a solid, healthy society.
ASSUME, HELP, ADOPT! MARCH WITH US – MARCH FOR LIFE!
- Press Release -
Romania,
March 18 – Only a few days remain until the beginning of the “March for Life”, an
event which will be organized in 29 towns and villages by Christian civic
associations and foundations in Romania.
Now at its third
edition and enjoying a growing attendance, the aim of the march is to assert
and support a number of key values: the right to life of all persons, starting
from the moment of their conception, and family as a foundation of a prosperous
society.
This year’s theme of
the March for Life - which will be presented as a message-manifesto addressed
to the public - is “Love both of Them –
Assume, Help, Adopt!”. It is an invitation to become involved in supporting
pregnant women who are forced to resort to abortion because of the indifference
and lack of help that sometimes come from the very persons that are closest to
them.
This form of violence against
women who face unexpected pregnancies must no longer leave us indifferent. Which
is why we are waiting for “all those who believe that the right to life is one
of the fundamental human rights and that love and compassion to a mother and
her child represent the noblest form of civic involvement” to join the March.
Our society must take
act so that a child will never be perceived as an obstacle to a woman’s
fulfillment, welfare or professional achievement. A child is a gift that woman
brings to the society, and it is the latter’s duty to give her all the support
she needs. Consequently, the event organizers believe that women deserve to be
supported professionally, as well as socially and politically, through laws
that would make their financial situation easier, facilitate adoption, and
render unwanted pregnancy counseling accessible to them.
To this end, a petition that was signed by over 70 NGOs
has been filed today with the main government institutions in Romania. The
petition requests that a pro-life and pro-family legislation be passed as well
as coherent education programs, given that Romania continues to have one of
the highest abortion rates in the E.U. and undergoes a pronounced deterioration
of the notion of family and its importance.
Until now, 26 towns
and 3 villages in Romania
have announced their participation in the March for Life. The event will start
on March 22, in Cluj-Napoca, Tg. Neamț and Fălticeni, will continue on March 23 in Alba-Iulia, Arad,
Bacău, Bistriţa, Bucharest, Buzău, Caracal, Constanţa, Deva, Iaşi, Oneşti, Oradea,
Piteşti, Satu Mare, Slatina, Suceava, Târgovişte, Timişoara, Tg. Mureş, and
Tulcea; on March 24 it will be held in Craiova, Sf. Gheorghe, and the villages
of Ardăşeni and Tudor Vladimirescu (county of Botoşani) and will close on March
25, on the Annunciation Day, in Zoiţani (Botoşani county). In some towns (Arad, Iaşi),
the events will be more complex and will cover as long as 2-3 days.
With every edition,
the Romanian March for Life gets ever closer to the tradition of the similar
events that are held in major cities of the world, such as Washington, D.C.,
Paris, Berlin, Bruxelles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Budapest.
For further
information (Romanian only) – such as the Manifesto, the routes, the full agendas, and the
contact information of the local organizing teams, please visit www.marsulpentruviata.ro .
