as was mentioned, my name is julia johnson, and i am a senior at shanley high school in fargo, northa. and as a school, we are humbled and honored to have been selected to carry the lead banner in this year's march for life. to the youth of america, it is our responsibility to end the scourge of abortion. [cheering and applause] at shanly high school, we are doing just that. we have had a pro-life group for many years. we have decided to bring our entire high school this year. including students and teachers, we crammed over 800 students into four busses. we have traveled to d.c. to be a witness to life in our nation's capitol. we are the pro-life generation! [cheering and applause] to my fellow youth, our cause in defending life is a noble one. it is noble because we are living in a modern day holocaust, a holocaust that on average takes the lives of more than 3,000 babies each day, which amounts to over 1 million babies a year. the silent horror of abortion has imbedded itself into society and has targeted the most vulnerable and precious of us all. but we will not remain idle. we

here to offer a few years on the pro-life experience please welcome high school student julia johnson. >> thank you. as was mentioned, my name is julia johnson and i'm a senior at chandly high school in fargo, north dakota. and as a school, we are humbled and honored to be have been selected to carry the lead banner in this year's march for life to the youth of nerk it is our responsibility to end the scourge of abortion. at the high school we are trying to do just that. we have had an active pro-life group for many years and we decided to bring our entire high school including students teachers and chapper oenz, we packed 400 pro-life warriors into eight buses. we have traveled for 24 hours to come to d.c. to be a witness to life in our nation's capital. we are the pro-life generation. [ applause ] >> to my fellow youth, our cause in defending life is a mobile one. it is mobile because we are living in an average day holocaust that takes over 1 million babies a year. the silent horror of abortion has embedded itself into society and targeted the most vulnerable and precious of us all