Christians march to fight abortion

Yahoo

28-04-2025

ASHTABULA — Christians from a variety of area churches gathered Saturday morning to fight abortion during a March for Life event at St. Joseph's Church.
The event was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Geneva-Madison Council #5286, said Gene Mileusnich who helped organize the event as Life Program Director for the organization.
Walkers gathered in the parking lot of the church and marched north on Lake Avenue to Ashtabula Regional Medical Center before returning to the church basement for refreshments and to hear from a speaker.
Mileusnich said the event has often taken place in January at Assumption Church in Geneva, but the area surrounding the church is under construction as part of work on West Main Road.
He said the event is designed to remind people to fight abortion. He said life begins at conception.
The event was regional in nature, and drew people from a variety of area churches. Many of the marchers carried banners or signs displaying their concern about abortion.
Kate Makra, from Cleveland Right to Life, participated in the march and also spoke after the walk. She told participants to urge their priests and pastors to speak about the church's view on abortion.
She said she is against abortion in all situations, even rape.
'A life is a life,' Makra said. 'We are pro-life without exceptions, and that is not an easy position to hold in our culture,' she added later.
Mileusnich said the day was randomly picked, but with the hope of slightly warmer weather than occurred Saturday, as temperatures dropped into the low 40s with a brisk wind adding to the wind chill.