Neither snow nor sleet - nor a partial government shutdown - will keep pro-lifers away from Washington, DC for the March for Life on January 18.

If it continues, the shutdown will be almost a month old by then. Daily news reports show the closures of monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian museums in Washington and trash cans overflowing on some federal property - images that might lead some folks around the country to think it is affecting big events planned for the nation's capital.

But not so.