Participants stood quietly along area roads and highways, many holding signs with messages such as “Abortion Hurts Women” and “Adoption: The Loving Option.” The hour-long event was one of several Life Chains held across Northeast Nebraska and nationwide on the first Sunday of October, coinciding with Respect Life Month. The 2025 Life Chain for this area extended from St. Rose of Lima parish at Crofton to the extreme eastern boundaries of Holy Family parish near Bow Valley on Highway 12.