Solemn Symbolism

Stanford Students for Life planted 440 crosses in White Plaza on January 24, each representing 100,000 abortions performed in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. “The point is not to condemn women who’ve had abortions,” says sophomore Dennis Adams, who thought up the demonstration and led 20 students in manufacturing the crosses. “We need to provide women with financially feasible, emotionally helpful options.” For much of the afternoon, junior Katherine Taylor served as an impromptu one-woman counterdemonstration: “I just grabbed [pro-choice] flyers and ran.”