Pro-life Advocates and Legislators to Address Marchers in Hartford on March 19, 2025  

HARTFORD, CT – Today, the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, partnered with the Connecticut Catholic Conference and the Family Institute of Connecticut, announces speakers for the fourth annual Connecticut March for Life, occurring on Wednesday, March 19th. Pro-life speakers and legislators will join the thousands of marchers to peacefully advocate for pro-life protections for both women and children in the state. Notable speakers include: Melissa Ohden, Founder and CEO, Abortion Survivors Network; Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life; State Representative Brian Lanoue, Connecticut General Assembly, District 45; Chris Healy, Executive Director, Connecticut Catholic Conference; Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director, Family Institute of Connecticut; Patrick E. Kelly, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus; Kaye-Leigh Doyle, mother, current board member and former client of Anchor of Hope Pregnancy Support Center; Jessica Power, New England Regional Coordinator, Students for Life of America, and others.  

 “I’m looking forward to attending the fourth annual Connecticut March for Life and standing shoulder to shoulder with so many others as we push back against Connecticut’s dangerous and extreme pro-abortion agenda. Mothers and their unborn babies deserve protection, but Connecticut is focused on pursuing policies that not only intentionally end the lives of unborn children but also hurt the women they falsely claim to help. Connecticut is even seeking to enshrine a so-called ‘right to abortion’ into the State Constitution. We invite everyone who cares about women and their children to march alongside us in Hartford as we proclaim that every unborn child has a right to life.” - Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life  

 “Each year, support for life grows in every corner of Connecticut. The March of Life is a perfect opportunity to show our elected leaders that people of faith are committed to preserving life and hold our political leaders accountable.” - Chris Healy, Executive Director, Connecticut Catholic Conference  

“Family Institute of Connecticut is proud to be a co-host of the fourth annual Connecticut March for Life. With pro-abortion extremists threatening to put late-term abortion into our State Constitution, Connecticut is now a front line in the fight to defend the sanctity of human life in our country. On March 19th, we will take a stand for parental notification and against enshrining abortion in our State Constitution. It is a beautiful thing to be pro-woman and pro-child and that beauty will be reflected on March 19th by the diversity of Connecticut pro-lifers: Black, Hispanic and White, male and female, Democrat and Republican, believers and non-believers, and people from every walk of life.” - Peter Wolfgang, President, Family Institute of Connecticut   

The Connecticut March for Life on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, will start with a rally at the State Capitol building at 12:00 pm ET followed by the march at 1:00 pm ET.  

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:  

• Melissa Ohden, Founder and CEO, Abortion Survivors Network  

• Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life   

• The Most Reverend Frank Caggiano, Bishop, Diocese of Bridgeport  

• Reverend Abraham Hernandez, Executive Director, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)  

• Patrick E. Kelly, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus  

• State Representative Brian Lanoue, Connecticut General Assembly, District 45  

• Chris Healy, Executive Director, Connecticut Catholic Conference  

• Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director, Family Institute of Connecticut  

• Kaye-Leigh Doyle, mother, current board member and former client of Anchor of Hope Pregnancy Support Center  

• Jessica Power, New England Regional Coordinator, Students for Life of America  
• Senior Pastor Willie Cordero, New Life Worship Center  

WHEN: 

• 12:00 pm ET – March for Life Rally begins 

• 1:00 pm ET – March for Life begins 

 WHERE: 

• The rally will be held at the Hartford Capitol Building in Hartford Connecticut – 210 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106 

Learn more at  https://marchforlife.org/connecticut/ 

Please email Alexandra Bedner ([email protected]), Theresa Olohan ([email protected]) or Emma Parker Wood ([email protected]) if you plan to attend/cover. 

March for Life is a non-sectarian organization that promotes the beauty and dignity of every human life by working to end abortion – uniting, educating, and mobilizing pro-life people in the public square. It hosts the world’s largest annual human rights demonstration in Washington, DC every January.  

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