Anti-abortion supporters surround the State House in Augusta on Saturday at the annual Hands Around the Capitol rally to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The event is sponsored each year by the Maine Right to Life Committee.

Anti-abortion supporters march down Sewell Street at the annual Hands Around the Capitol rally in Augusta on Saturday to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The event is sponsored each year by the Maine Right to Life Committee.

Gov. Paul LePage gets a hug from Teresa McCann-Tumidajski, executive director of the Maine Right to Life Committee, before speaking at St. Michael Catholic School as part of the annual Hands Around the Capitol rally to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

Bishop Robert Deeley speaks at St. Michael Catholic School as part of the annual Hands Around the Capitol rally to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The event is sponsored each year by the Maine Right to Life Committee.

Republican Sen. Jim Hamper of Oxford rings the Capitol Bell 44 times at the Hands Around the Capitol rally in Augusta to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion. Hamper represents District 19.

Anti-abortion supporters surround the State House in Augusta on Saturday at the annual Hands Around the Capitol rally to recognize and mourn the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The event is sponsored each year by the Maine Right to Life Committee.