Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the US marched in Washington DC on Friday to celebrate life and call on their political leaders to defend the unborn.

A time-lapse video, by Students for Life America, shows the huge turnout of pro-life campaigners attending the 47th annual US March for Life. 

Individuals carried an assortment of creative and emotive pro-life signs with phrases such as: “I vote pro-life!” and “She can have her baby and her dreams too”.

The former phrase references to a new poll which revealed that the majority of Americans want to vote for candidates who will protect unborn babies from abortion in this year’s elections.

The latter phrase relates to an actress who alluded to having an abortion in her Golden Globes acceptance speech, this year, saying she “wouldn’t have been able to do this without employing a woman’s right to choose.”

President Trump became the first US president in history to attend America’s largest pro-life rally. Addressing the crowds, he said: “We’re here for a very simple reason: to defend the right of every child born and unborn…”

Pro-life demonstrations across the world have also seen record numbers in attendance in recent years.

Already, this year, a record-breaking 9,000 people attended the March for Life in Chicago, Illinois. Over 8,000 people gathered for the Celebrate Life rally in Denver, Colorado carrying signs that read, “Civil rights begin in the womb” and “I am the pro-life generation.”

In 2019, over 50,000 Slovakians called on the country’s leaders to protect unborn babies. Pro-life demonstrations in Northern Ireland reached over 20,000 people, over 11,000 marched for life in the Netherlands, over 5,000 people marched for life in the UK, and over 2,000 people attended New Zealand’s March for Life.

Large numbers are also expected to attend the UK March For Life which will take place in London on 13 June.