Issue: Spring 2017 | Posted: June 1, 2017

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13 students participate in March for Life

Thirteen Union University students took part in the annual March for Life, a peaceful pro-life demonstration, in Washington, D.C., in January.

The students are members of Life139, Union’s pro-life student group. They also participated in the Evangelicals for Life and Students for Life conferences while in D.C.

“Abortion is the greatest human rights issue of our generation,” said Andrew Edmiston, a junior physics major and president of Life139. “It affects all races, all people. It’s the human life at its most innocent stage.”

C. Ben Mitchell, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Union, was part of a panel on pro-life issues at the Evangelicals for Life conference. He said as a Christ-centered, people-focused institution, Union is invested in life issues.

“God has made every human being in his image and likeness,” Mitchell said. “We have a moral duty to respect and protect people from womb to tomb. That our students see this as such an important event is a great encouragement to all of us.”