March for Life

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March for Life Calls for Maintaining Pressure

Anti-abortion movement has victories but has lost at ballot box

(Newser) - Thousands of opponents of abortion rights rallied under falling snow on Friday at the annual March for Life in Washington, as speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movement's victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated. Months before a presidential election that...

Trump Joins Rally Against Abortion
Trump Joins Rally
Against Abortion
Jan 24, 2020 3:35 PM CST

Trump Joins Rally Against Abortion

Crowd chants 'four more years' after president's speech

(Newser) - President Trump told thousands of anti-abortion marchers Friday that he's their champion, and they agreed—breaking into chants of "four more years" after his speech on the National Mall. "Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House," he said, USA Today reports....

Trump Will Be First President at March for Life

It's the 47th year the march has taken place

(Newser) - In one of his record-breaking 142 tweets on Wednesday, President Trump announced that he will be attending this year's anti-abortion "March for Life" on Jan. 24. "See you on Friday...Big Crowd!" he tweeted , sharing a tweet from organizers. Trump will be the first president to...

Speech to March for Life Cements Trump's 180 on Abortion

He's now at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement in the US

(Newser) - He once called himself "pro-choice." But a year into his presidency, Donald Trump is stepping to the forefront of his administration's efforts to roll back abortion rights, the AP reports. "Love saves lives," the president said Friday from the White House Rose Garden, in an...

Pence to Marchers: 'Life Is Winning'

Kellyanne Conway promises 'new dawn for life' at March for Life

(Newser) - For the first time in the 43-year-long history of DC's annual March for Life, White House officials attended the event . Vice President Mike Pence promised the crowd Friday that "life is winning again in America," and noted that there is a "pro-life [majority]" in Congress. He...

Anti-Abortion March Organizers 'Pulling Out All the Stops'

Pence will speak at march, highest-ranking WH official to do so in person

(Newser) - The Women's March on Washington Saturday drew about 500,000 people, with millions more demonstrating worldwide. Six days later, another march is taking place in DC, and the New York Times notes this event may be tinged with "a new sense of urgency, anxiety, and maybe a little...

At Center Stage in Midterms: Abortion

Both parties look to capitalize on issue

(Newser) - With the midterm elections ahead, both parties are looking to use abortion rights as a rallying issue. Republicans are hoping related state ballot initiatives will bring voters to the polls. Meanwhile, they're looking to avoid another Todd Akin "legitimate rape" embarrassment, instead emphasizing a fiscally conservative take on...

Abortion Foes March in DC
 Abortion Foes March in DC 
Jan 25, 2013 6:05 PM CST

Abortion Foes March in DC

Boehner promises push to make abortion a 'relic of the past'

(Newser) - Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators marched through Washington to the steps of the Supreme Court today to protest the landmark decision that legalized abortion. The annual event took on added significance for many in the crowd because it coincided with the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The demonstrators, carrying signs...

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