Justin Herman Plaza at the Market Street and the Ferry Building

Contact: Valerie Schmalz, 415-699-9230, Dolores Meehan, 415-860-7899; both with Walk for Life West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- More than 25,000 pro-life women, men and children are expected to rally in San Francisco at the foot of Market Street and then walk nearly 2 miles across the city, through Fisherman's Wharf ending at Marina Green in sight of the Golden Gate Bridge.

This is the fifth annual Walk for Life West Coast, organized by a group of San Francisco residents and attracting participants from throughout California and the rest of the West. The Walk for Life West Coast's motto is "Abortion Hurts Women," and the speakers will address the cost of abortion for women and ways to help women and protect life from conception to natural death.

Schedule of events:
Rally with speakers at Justin Herman Plaza: 11:00 am
Walk begins: 12 noon

Speakers include:
Frank Lee, coordinator of Asian Americans Against Abortion
Diana Nagy, singer, crisis pregnancy at 15 ended in adoption
Mother Agnes Mary, Sisters of Life
Karen Shablin, Feminists for Life, places her abortion within the context of feminism 
Rev. Clenard Childress Jr., founder of BlackGenocide.org, addresses the civil rights implications of abortion

After the Walk at Marina Green: 2 - 4 p.m.
Info Faire and a Silent No More gathering for women and men to share stories of abortion featuring Georgette Forney from Silent No More and Fr. Frank Pavone from Priests for Life