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March for life and pro-choice rallies meet, stalling downtown traffic

Pro-life marchers and pro-choice marchers meet in front of the war memorial on Elgin Street Thursday. Amanda Connolly / Global News

Buses were backed up all along the Mackenzie King Bridge Thursday afternoon as traffic was stalled due to competing rallies on abortion rights.

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The annual March for Life rally was set to make its way through downtown but was stopped and forced to turn around near the War Memorial after it met a counter protest.

Police were on hand to make sure tensions didn’t boil over. Eventually, the pro-life marchers made their way back toward Parliament Hill.

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