What a wonderful sight to behold: From Capitol Hill as far as I could see, there was a sea of people on the March for Life!

 But the 40th March for Life was bitter sweet.

It was inspiring to see so many people, from so many states, marching on behalf of our unborn brothers’ and sisters’ right to be born. But it was sad to think that we have been marching for 40 years – with no end in sight.

While progress has been made in many states to restrict abortion on demand, we are still a very long wa y from the day when every single unborn child will be allowed to see the light of day.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous 1973 decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, it has been estimated that nearly 55 million unborn babies in America have been killed by abortion.

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., the Walk for Life West Coast, the Midwest March for Life and pro-life demonstrations in various state capitols are shots-in-the-prolife-arm, but these one day annual events are simply not enough.

We need to march all year long – educating and lobbying for the full protection of every single unborn person’s life and dignity.

And we need to regularly be present in large numbers at the abortion mills, peacefully and prayerfully denouncing the murders taking place within their walls.

Another way to keep marching is to sign-up to receive legislative alerts from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go to www.usccb.org and put your cursor on “Issues and Action.” Then click “Take Action Now.” And finally, click “Sign up for future action alerts,” type in your contact information and click submit.

It’s also important to contact your state Catholic conference and get on their legislative alert list.

In her Nobel Peace Prize speech, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, “I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself. ... Because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for me to kill you and you to kill me - there is nothing in between.” 

Indeed, abortion is war waged against the smallest and weakest members of humanity. War always inflicts the most suffering on the most vulnerable.

Let’s continuously respond to the Lord’s call to be consistent peacemakers on behalf of all of our brothers and sisters – born and unborn.

Let’s march for life all year long! 

Magliano is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.