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Despite the weather forecast, more than 600 people still boarded 11 buses, hosted by Grand Rapids Right to Life, to travel from Michigan to Washington, DC, for the 46th annual March for Life.

The Memorial Service for the Unborn on Sunday, January 13, honored and mourned the 59,000,000 children killed since 1973, when abortion was legalized in all 50 states.

The fifth annual Prolife Essay Contest was open to students in grades 7-9 in the junior category and students in grades 10-12 in the senior category.

When the hard work is done, and shortly before it starts again in the new year, Grand Rapids Right to Life honored volunteers at a Christmas party at Railside Golf Club in Byron Center.

For a month before the general election, Grand Rapids Right to Life sponsored two digital billboards encouraging people to vote for life. With a fall football theme, the billboard message challenged people to “score one for the babies.”

The annual LifeFest Youth Rally was off to an exciting start as local students flooded through the doors of The Edge Urban Fellowship on Sunday, October 7, expecting to be inspired and encouraged to take a bold stand for life.

With her stark, no-nonsense opinions on the right to life issue, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin addressed 1,000 people at the 31st annual Focus on Life Benefit Dinner. This gala event took place on Tuesday, September 25, at the DeVos Place ballrooms.

The weather was beautiful as more than 35 men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles teams took to the courts in the sixth annual Benefit for Life Pickleball Tournament at Belknap Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5.

Celebrating 11 years, the Prolife Golf Classic on Monday, June 4, was the largest event ever with more than 125 golfers. Participants of all ages and skill levels enjoyed a fun day of golf, practice balls, food, prizes, and on-course games at the stunning Pilgrim’s Run Golf Club in Pierson.

On Tuesday, May 15, Grand Rapids Right to Life sponsored an educational event at the Grand Rapids Theological Seminary on the campus of Cornerstone University. Ordained minister, millennial, and history buff Tim Barton flew in from Texas to speak on “Our Constitutional (& Prolife) Heritage.”