BIRMINGHAM, AL (WIAT)--- Pro-life supporters held an anti-abortion rally in Birmingham on Saturday, calling for justice for the unborn.Hundreds convened at the Planned Parenthood on 27th Place South for the first-ever Pro-Life Freedom Ride. The Ride was the first convoy of its kind, carrying people from Birmingham to Atlanta to speak out against abortion.
But before they departed on the Ride, they rallied together, allowing several women to speak about their abortion experiences.
"The vacuum sound reminds me of screaming. I got numb and shaken,” said one woman.
"When I got up off the table, my child was in a jar, sitting on the side and that was when I knew, that I had actually murdered my own daughter,” said another woman who regrets her abortion.
"I heard the doctor counting my baby's body parts,” said one woman as she tried to fight back the tears.
"Abortion is murder and it's first hand. Even though I had two abortions, I now know because I educated myself that it was two murders I had committed,” explained Lakisha Chapman.
Hundreds of pro-life supporters protested not only abortion, but also spoke out against the place they call, "The Killing Center.”
"Places like Planned Parenthood who do the most abortions in the United States need to be exposed for what they do and people need to come out, the Church needs to come out and speak for those who can't speak for themselves,” said Charles Gardner, a pro-life supporter.
Protesters say abortion is not a women’s issue or a religious issue. They say abortion is “a violation of civil rights of more than one million people every year.”
That is why they’re resurrecting the Freedom Rides from the 1960s, hoping to send a message: the unborn are denied inalienable rights.
Their hope is to eventually end abortion, if not through protest, then through prayer.
Dr. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life, led the Freedom Ride, along with other civil rights activists and clergy.
For more information on the Freedom Rides, go to http://www.ProLifeFreedomRides.com