One by one, members of the Ball State Students for Life placed long-stem white roses into vases during its fourth annual rose ceremony Tuesday night.
The 31 roses represented each year since the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, 1973.
Roe v. Wade is the court case that made abortion legal, co-president Monica Moak said.
"It's created a culture of death," she said. "We tend to look at humans with price tags on their heads."
A PowerPoint slide show accompanied the ceremony giving, the audience, about 30 students, facts about abortion.
For example, one slide said that in 1999 Delaware County reported 248 abortions.
With the rose ceremony, Moak said the anti-abortion organization wants to educate the community about abortion risks and alternatives.
"I feel this is a cause people need to speak out on," she said. "We want to educate students ... and we want to protect the unborn children."
Sophomore Daninelle Laycock said that educating young women about their choices is important because many don't realize the effects of abortions.
"Women need to know all their options," she said, "Because there are so many people out there who would love to adopt a baby."
Participating in pro-life activities is not new to Laycock.
As a high school student at Indianapolis' Bishop Chatart, she said she participated in a peaceful protest outside of an abortion clinic.
Laycock said she prayed outside the clinic and passed out information flyers about abortion alternatives.
"The faces of the women were so sad," she said. "It's hard to explain their looks. It just looked like they'd lost something ... some part of themselves."
After the ceremony, the organization invited everyone for birthday cake and offered blue ribbons.
"The birthday cake is to remember all those forgotten birthdays because of abortions," Moak said. "The ribbons represent all the tears shed for abortions."
For the third consecutive year, some members of the Ball State Students for Life will travel to Washington, D.C. to peacefully protest in the March for Life on Thursday.
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