Aisha Sultan: A mother and daughter’s pilgrimage to March for Life and protest abortion rights

Sharon, and her daughter Katelyn at the March for Life in Washington

WENTZVILLE, MO (Aisha Sultan – St. Louis Post Dispatch. Please click on the link to read the full story. Here is an excerpt) Sharon Ketchum went with her daughter to the nation’s capital to spread the word of God, as she believes it, and to call for an end to abortion in the country. While such a protest has clear political implication for the law and how it affects others, she describes it as more of an emotional journey for her. It was a chance for her to bond with her 16-year-old daughter, Katelyn, who was attending the March for Life for the second time. “This was a pilgrimage for my daughter and I,” she said. “Hearing the speakers, witnessing how many people feel the same way we do, it was a needed boost to our faith,” she said. The March for Life is an annual rally opposing the women’s legal right to abortion as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade ruling in 1973. This year, the speakers included Vice President Mike Pence and came the weekend after nearly 500,000 women marched in Washington in protest of President Donald Trump and in support of women’s rights, including access to abortion.