Students from Louisiana walk along the streets in Washington on Monday to protest the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal. Hundreds of thousands of people joined in the annual March for Life. (Salvador Guerrero/SHFWire)

Indiana youth group, thousands of others, protest Roe v. Wade in March for Life

WASHINGTON – For the members of the Diocese of Evansville, Ind., a trip to Washington should have been a simple 14-hour drive. A broken-down bus and 17 hours later, the trip turned into an excursion as they made their way to the capital for the annual March for Life. “It has been a year in the making. We’ve got about 89,000 Catholics in our diocese, and to bring about 350 youth, young adults and chaperons with us is huge,” co-coordinator Emily Snipes said. “We’ve had to learn a lot of patience and endure a few things, but it has made this pilgrimage more successful.”

This is the second year in a row Snipes, family life-diocesan respect-life coordinator for Evansville, and fellow coordinator Steve Dabrowski, director of youth and young adult ministry of Evansville, planned a trip to protest the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that  made abortion legal in the United States.