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March for Life “Choose Health, Not Harm” Rally – April 2, 2025

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March for Life “Choose Health, Not Harm” Rally – April 2, 2025

What is the case about?
The Supreme Court in Alliance Defending Freedom’s case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, is considering whether states can say NO to using Americans’ hard-earned money to fund Planned Parenthood’s radical, political pro-abortion agenda. Americans shouldn’t be forced to fund abortion facilities like Planned Parenthood.

What’s at stake?
A victory could enable states to finally defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities, starting in South Carolina, and instead fund high-quality, healthcare services.

What is your role?
The Choose Health, Not Harm Rally will be held while the Supreme Court hears the oral argument for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. You can stand up to Planned Parenthood’s pro-abortion agenda and support real healthcare providers helping families and children in need.

What: Choose Health, Not Harm Rally
Hosted by: March for Life

When: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Starting at 9:30 AM

Where: The Steps of the United States Supreme Court
1 First Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20543

Questions?
RallyInfo@ChooseHealthNotHarm.org

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March for Life, Partnered with the Connecticut Catholic Conference and the Family Institute of Connecticut, Announces Speakers for the 2025 Connecticut March for Life 

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 (abedner@crcadvisors.com), Theresa Olohan (tolohan@crcadvisors.com) or Emma Parker Wood (eparker@crcadvisors.com) 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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March for Life, Partnered with Georgia Life Alliance, Announces Speakers for the 2025 Georgia March for Life 

Pro-life Advocates to Address Marchers in Atlanta on March 6, 2025

Atlanta, GA – Today the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, partnered with Georgia Life Alliance, announces speakers for the 2025 Georgia March for Life taking place on March 6th in Atlanta. 

Marchers who gather in Liberty Plaza to peacefully advocate for pro-life protections will be addressed by notable speakers including our keynote speaker Benjamin Watson, former NFL tight end, writer, speaker, and pro-life advocate; Georgia State Senator Ben Watson M.D., District 1; April Chapman, commentator, activist and host of The Standard of Truth Podcast; Felicia Pricenor, Esq., Vice President of Government Affairs, March for Life; Claire Bartlett, Executive Director, Georgia Life Alliance; The Most Reverend Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta; Reverend W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., Executive Director, Georgia Baptist Mission Board; and more!  

Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life Education and Defense Fund: “The Georgia March for Life unites hundreds from across the state to stand together for mothers and their unborn children.  Our 2025 theme, Life: Why We March, invites marchers to focus on the fundamentals: each life has inherent dignity from the moment of conception, and the heart of the pro-life movement is about providing resources and support to pregnant women and families.   

Despite continued legal attacks from pro-abortion advocates, Georgia’s Heartbeat Law is saving lives.  Dozens of community-based Pregnancy Resource Centers across the state are helping expectant mothers and families in need, every day. But our work in Georgia is not done. Our next challenge is to support and protect the health and safety of Georgia’s women and their babies through protecting them from dangerous chemical abortion drugs, and providing the resources needed to flourish.  We will keep working and keep marching until that goal is achieved.  

Together with our partner, Georgia Life Alliance, our wonderful speakers, and all of our dedicated marchers in Georgia, we march so that one day abortion is unthinkable in Georgia, and across the nation.” 

Claire Bartlett, Executive Director, Georgia Life Alliance: “Even with Georgia’s LIFE Act in full effect, Georgia still has one of the highest abortion rates in the country. Over 83% of abortions in our state are by the abortion pill cocktail – a full 20 points above the national average. At least 2 Georgia women have died from these dangerous drugs. This is why the 2025 Georgia March for Life and our partnership with the March for Life is so important to our state.  It’s more than a rally, more than a march. It’s a bold way to joyfully share our life-affirming message to our state legislators and to the media that our work to protect women, girls, and the unborn is far from over.”   

The Georgia March for Life on Thursday, March 6, 2025, will start with a rally at the State Capitol building at 11:00 am ET followed by the March at 12 pm ET.  

SPEAKERS INCLUDE: 

  • Benjamin Watson, Former NFL tight end and Pro-Life Advocate 
  • Georgia State Senator Benjamin Watson M.D., District 1  
  • Felicia Pricenor, Esq., Vice President of Government Affairs, March for Life  
  • Claire Bartlett, Executive Director, Georgia Life Alliance  
  • Janelle King, Host, The Janelle King Show 
  • April Chapman, Commentator, Activist and Host of The Standard of Truth Podcast    

Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer will lead the opening prayer and Reverend W. Thomas Hammond, Jr. will deliver the closing prayer.   

WHEN:  

  • 11:00 am ET – March for Life Rally begins  
  • 12:00 pm ET – March for Life begins    

  WHERE:  

  • The rally will be held in Liberty Plaza, 262 Capitol Ave SE outside of the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta, GA.   

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

Please email Alexandra Bedner (abedner@crcadvisors.com), Theresa Olohan (tolohan@crcadvisors.com) or Emma Parker Wood (eparker@crcadvisors.com) 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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A Promising Pro-Life Start

(NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER) — EDITORIAL: Both President Trump and Vice President Vance voiced their support of the pro-life cause at the Jan. 24 March for Life in Washington.

Despite the arctic chill that enveloped the nation’s capital on Jan. 24, participants in this year’s March for Life were warmed by a spirit of measured optimism.

And the pro-life actions initiated by the newly installed Trump-Vance administration during its first week were a substantial contributor to this positive perspective.

Both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance voiced their full-throated support for the marchers’ pro-life cause. Vance addressed them personally, and in his videotaped remarks Trump declared, “In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life.”

More importantly, the president and vice president’s words were matched by concrete action.

One day ahead of the March for Life, the president announced the pardon of 23 pro-life advocates who were convicted of Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act violations during his predecessor Joe Biden’s term of office. Controversy surrounds some of Trump’s other recent pardons, as well as those dispensed by Biden in the final days of his own outgoing presidency.

No such concerns should attach to Trump’s FACE Act clemency, however. The pardoned pro-lifers were clearly the victims of a Department of Justice that under Biden was determined to advance abortion rights by any means available, no matter how unjust.

Going forward under the new administration, peaceful pro-lifers won’t be prosecuted in this manner because the Trump DOJ has released a directive limiting future FACE Act enforcement to “extraordinary circumstances” involving cases where death, injury or serious property damage occurs.

It can also be hoped that, in concert with the Republican-controlled Congress, Trump will push for a total repeal of this Clinton-era legislation. That’s the only way to ensure it will never again be wrongly weaponized to jail the peaceful pro-life demonstrators at abortion facilities who strive to awaken hearts and minds to the destructive realities associated with legal abortion.

On the day of the March for Life itself, Trump rolled out additional substantive pro-life measures. Most prominently, these included an executive order reinstating the Mexico City Policy that prohibits any taxpayer funding of foreign organizations that provide and promote abortions. An accompanying executive order committed the administration to full enforcement of the Hyde Amendment, the congressional measure that prohibits direct federal funding for abortions domestically.

While Trump’s policy moves on immigration and the death penalty have opened up fault lines with Catholic leaders, the new administration’s initial pro-life forays garnered praise from the U.S. bishops.

“I am grateful for the strengthening of policies that protect us from being compelled to participate in a culture of death and that help us to restore a culture of life at home and abroad,” Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ pro-life committee, said in a Jan. 26 statement.

The Trump administration’s opening moves also traveled some distance towards easing widespread pro-life concerns about Trump’s campaign-trail statements that he would not support a national 16-week limit on abortion or halt distribution of the abortion pills that now constitute a majority of U.S. abortions and are being mailed into states with bans on most or all abortions.

Those remain serious concerns, to be sure. But what has happened to date represents a promising beginning for Trump’s second term, with respect to the pro-life file.

(Originally published by National Catholic Register)

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Trump vows to oppose ‘abortion on demand’ in virtual March for Life address

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) — President Donald Trump addressed the 52nd March for Life on Friday, promising in virtual remarks that he would continue to support the anti-abortion movement despite the softer stance he took on the campaign trail.

“In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life,” Trump said in an address that aired hours ahead of schedule. “We will protect the historic gains we have made and stop the radical Democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand.”

Vice President JD Vance, who attended in person, then delivered remarks to the crowd in Washington, his first since Inauguration Day at the start of the week.

While Trump has taken a more nuanced stance toward abortion policy since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization threw the issue back to the states in 2022, he pledged in his virtual address to continue backing families and the anti-abortion cause more generally.

“Thanks to your tireless work and devotion across five decades, that historic wrong was set right three years ago,” Trump said, referring to Roe v. Wade. “I was so proud to be a participant. Six courageous justices of the Supreme Court of the United States returned the issue to the state legislatures and to the people, where it belongs.”

He added that in a second term, “We will again stand proudly for families and for life,” but stopped short of calling for federal action on that front.

Vance carried the torch for the Trump administration in person this year, as Trump spent Friday touring disaster sites in North Carolina and California. The father of three young children, he spoke not only about government policy but what he described as the need for cultural change.

“We failed a generation, not only by permitting a culture of abortion on demand but also by neglecting to help young parents achieve the ingredients they need to lead a happy and meaningful life,” Vance said. “A culture of radical individualism took root, one where the responsibilities and joys of family life were seen as obstacles to overcome, not as personal fulfillment or personal blessings.”

He also talked about “the obligation that one generation has to another” and said the issue is about more than simply opposing abortion.

“Let me say very simply, I want more babies in the United States of America,” Vance said. “I want more happy children in our country. And I want beautiful, young men and women who are eager to welcome them into the world and eager to raise them.”

The presence of Vance was significant. Prior to the first Trump administration, no vice president had ever attended the March for Life. Trump, for his part, was the first sitting president to appear in person, delivering remarks in Washington in 2020.

Other notable speakers Friday included House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

The March for Life is held in late January each year to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which was handed down on Jan. 22, 1973, and has continued even though the case is no longer the law of the land.

Like Trump, Vance has sought to thread a needle on the topic of abortion. He said last year that the Republican Party had lost the trust of voters over abortion policy, even while maintaining that the GOP needs to remain the “pro-family party.” Vance has expressed support for a 15-week federal abortion ban with exceptions, though he also maintains that individual states should be left to craft their own policies.

“I think that we want to be pro-family in the fullest sense of the word,” Vance said at last October’s vice presidential debate. “We want to promote more people choosing life. But I think that there has to be a balance here. A balance between states that are making their own abortion policies.”

On Friday, Vance described Trump as “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.”

“You make it possible for us to stand here and say that America is fundamentally a pro-baby, a pro-life, and a pro-family country,” Vance told the crowd.

(Originally published by Washington Examiner)