Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon at the Capitol for the Texas Rally for Life, where Gov. Greg Abbott and other guests spoke.

Event organizers estimated around 5,000 people attended the rally.

Melissa Duncan, spokeswoman for the Texas Alliance for Life, one of several organizations that came together for the event, said the gathering highlights the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Roe v. Wade case, which legalized abortion in 1973.

"From our leadership and the legislature to our religious leaders to our organizations across the state, we’re all trying to band together to remember that there are lives to defend and we’ll continue to do so and bring gatherings like this together, not only at this event but across the state to remember that Texas is pro-life," she said.

Rallygoers celebrated the passage of anti-abortion bills during the last session of the Legislature and the continued funding for Alternative to Abortion, a Texas Health and Human Service program that provides low-income pregnant women with pregnancy and parenting information and support, according to the rally website. They also called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood.

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