Participants in a June 5 demonstration sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition gathered to pray outside the West Chester Planned Parenthood Clinic, where more than 23,000 abortions have been performed from 1996-2020.

The Crikelair family – parents Josephine and Jesse, with their sons Paul, Derek and Michael – were among some 500 participants at a June 5 rally in West Chester sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition.

Pro-life educator Pete DeMaio shared how abortion had devastated him and his wife Tricia prior to their marriage.

The Meyer family of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in West Chester joined hundreds for a June 5 Mass at St. Agnes Church in West Chester prior to a march for life sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition.

Kim Savage of the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition predicted a “whole paradigm shift” in the movement to end legalized abortion in the U.S.

Attendees braved temperatures in excess of 90 degrees to participate in a June 5 march for life through West Chester, which concluded with speaker presentations at the borough’s historic courthouse.

A youth with Down syndrome displays a sign at a June 5 pro-life rally in West Chester.

Pro-life physician and advocate Dr. Monique Ruberu displays a sign during a June 5 rally at Planned Parenthood’s West Chester clinic.

Author and speaker Kathy Barnette, who was conceived during a rape, said she was grateful supportive family members “saw value in (her) mother’s life and in (her) own.”

During a June 5 Mass at St. Agnes in West Chester prior to a pro-life march, Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre described abortion statistics as “staggering,” and urged an array of spiritual and practical outreaches to those facing crisis pregnancies.

Women of all ages were among the more than 500 who participated in a June 5 March for Life in West Chester sponsored by the Chester County Pro-Life Coalition. (Gina Christian)