Danielle Laycock wanted to know how to help Ball State University students understand the anti-abortion movement, and Monday's March for Life protest provided her with that opportunity, she said.
"Personally, I hoped to learn more about the subject to educate the campus and get more support for our organization," Laycock, co-president of Students for Life, said.
Four members of Students for Life, Ball State's anti-abortion student organization, traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest Roe v. Wade Monday.
Monday's events included a rally before the march and a Rose Dinner afterward.
"It is a peaceful protest to get the message out about abortion and the lives lost to it," Laycock said.
The march is an education and lobbying program dedicated to protecting the life of each human being, according to March for Life's Web site. The organization supports a human life amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit or extensively limit abortion in the United States.
Laycock and the other three members who participated in the rally and march heard speakers talk about Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that overturned anti-abortion laws. They also attended a conference by the American Collegians for Life Saturday and Sunday, where they discussed abortion education, Laycock said.
"For me, the purpose for attending march was to understand more about the issue firsthand and to see that other people believe in similar issues and are willing to stand up for this issue together and speak for those who never got the opportunity to have a voice," Michelle Runyon, co-president of Students for Life, said.
Runyon participated in the march last year but was unable to attend this year.
"The march is a wonderful way to see that pro-lifers are not alone and there are millions of people all over this world with the same mission as Students for Life," she said.
Although Students for Life is an anti-abortion organization, many people have misconceptions about its purpose, Runyon said.
"We are not an organization that tries to change people's beliefs about the pro-life v. pro-choice debate," she said. "We welcome anyone who is interested in obtaining further information about the issues. We want people to understand that there are other options to think about."
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