From the 2006 annual March of Life. (Creative Commons)

Fox News reported the annual event this year included the usual picket signs with messages like "Defend Life," "Defund Planned Parenthood," and led protestors through the National Mall.

Former Pennsylvania Senator and failed GOP candidate for president Rick Santorum spoke at the March of Life, who cited his daughter, Bella, who has a serious genetic condition, as reason to discourage abortion.

From Fox News:   

"We all know that death is never better -- never better. Really what it's about is saying is it would be easier for us, not better for her," he said. "And I'm here to tell you ... Bella is better for us and we are better because of Bella."

He said the anti-abortion cause was made up of people who every day advocate for their position outside abortion clinics and at crisis pregnancy centers.

"This movement is not a bunch of moralizers standing on their mountaintop preaching what is right," Santorum said.

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