Officials from the entire Washington region – encompassing D.C., Maryland, and Virginia – have declared emergencies in response to rising coronavirus cases. In Washington, D.C., a mask mandate has returned and a mayor’s order regarding vaccines takes effect tomorrow. Our communities are struggling to stay safe as this pandemic rages.
Yet the March for ‘Life’ and its associated events are set to continue – events that would bring thousands of potentially unvaccinated, unmasked people into the region in the midst of a public health crisis, and then send them back home across the country.
March for ‘Life’ Action is even holding an event that appears to be in violation of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s order regarding vaccination and indoor gathering spaces. The March for ‘Life’ Action Capitol Hill Club Breakfast features notoriously unvaccinated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
This may feel like déjà vu, as we successfully pushed the March for ‘Life’ to go virtual last year, [1] but the pandemic is not over and neither is our resolve to keep people safe, no matter what.
The Omricon variant of the coronavirus is ripping through cities, and D.C. has been hit especially hard. We’ve seen some of the highest case rates in the country, with over one hundred thousand as of this week and weekly deaths topping one thousand. [2, 3] At the same time, hospitals are overcrowded, presenting a grave danger to everyone with urgent medical needs.
Moving forward with the March for ‘Life’ will cause harm. COVID is particularly dangerous for people of color, many of whom are crucial frontline workers in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C. It must also be noted that children under the age of five are not yet able to access vaccines and pediatric hospitalizations are skyrocketing. [5] There is only one pro-life thing to do if you actually care about babies: To shut down the super-spreader March for ‘Life.’
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