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THOUSANDS OF COLORADANS MARCH FOR LIFE

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THOUSANDS OF COLORADANS MARCH FOR LIFE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 11, 2025 

Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Claim that Forcing Abortion-on-Demand Funded by Taxpayers Will Somehow Save Money 

Denver, CO – TODAY March for Life, in partnership with Pro-Life Colorado, is leading a demonstration of thousands in Denver. This, as pro-abortion lawmakers in the state claim that requiring taxpayers to broadly fund abortions through all nine months of pregnancy could be a cost-saver, as opposed to prioritizing comprehensive care for pregnant women and their children in Colorado. March for Life president Jennie Bradley Lichter is leading Coloradans in calling on Governor Jared Polis to veto SB25-183. If signed, this bill would allow as much as $2 million per year of taxpayer money to be spent on elective abortions at places like Planned Parenthood – lining the pockets of the abortion industry and violating the consciences of millions of Colorado taxpayers. This morning she issued the following comment:

“Today’s march uniting swaths of people from across the state is a resounding testament to Life in Colorado. Now more than ever, it’s important for all who care about protecting unborn babies and supporting moms who need a hand to make our voices heard and show that we aren’t deterred or discouraged; we will keep tirelessly and joyfully marching for life in Denver and across the country.”

Dr. Catherine Wheeler, former abortionist and Board Member of Pro-Life Colorado & the American Association of Pro-life OB/GYNs added:  

“Pro-Life Colorado and its more than 50 member organizations stand united together for women and families in partnering with the National March for Life today in our beloved state. Every child, planned or unplanned, is beautiful and deserving of love and protection. As a former abortionist who has come to see first-hand that abortion is NOT healthcare, I encourage you to join me in empowering every woman to do what is best for her well-being, and for her child’s. We stand fearless in our efforts today and will continue to work diligently for the change we need to see from lawmakers in Denver, and to advance true, life-affirming care for women and their babies.”

The Colorado March for Life brings together a diverse group of people from the Rocky Mountain State each year. Today’s demonstration is attended by young and old, families, secular people, and religious believers alike. Since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, which restored the power to protect the unborn to the American people at both the state and federal level, March for Life has organized 30+ demonstrations at state capitols in red and blue states across the country.

In the state of Colorado alone, there are 80+ life-affirming clinics and resource centers aiding women, children, and families, working to provide them with excellent healthcare and provide for their unique material needs. 

Speakers at today’s rally include: 

– Dr. Marcus Button, board-certified family medicine physician and his wife, Jennifer Button, founders of Button Family Practice

– Jennie Bradley Lichter, president of March for Life

– Lauren Castillo, Chief Revenue Officer, Bella Health + Wellness and Board Chair of Pro-Life Colorado Action 

– Reverend James Maxwell, pastor and president of the Rocky Mountain District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 

– State Representative Rebecca Keltie, representing District 16 

– Brittany Vessely, Board Member of Pro-life Colorado and Executive Director of the Colorado Catholic Conference 

– Tamra Axworthy, Vice President of Colorado Pregnancy Care Alliance and CEO of A Caring Pregnancy Center Life Services and Women’s Clinic

– Rich Bennett, Board Chairman for the Colorado Pregnancy Care Alliance, President and CEO of Life Network

– Maria Carpenter, Executive Director of Deeper Still Pikes Peak

– Beverly Jacobson, Founder and CEO of Mama Bear Care

– Sister Mary Grace, S.V., Sisters of Life

– Bishop Jorge Rodriguez, Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Denver

 

CONTACT: Pesch Strategy I Prudence de Bernardo  

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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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COLORADANS TO MARCH FOR LIFE ON APRIL 11 IN DENVER

Denver, CO – This Friday April 11, March for Life in partnership with Pro-Life Colorado, will lead a demonstration of thousands in Denver to rally and march for life. To RSVP or schedule an interview with March for Life President Jennie Bradley Lichter, Esq., or Dr. Catherine Wheeler, of Pro-life Colorado and the Colorado chapter of The American Association of Pro-life OBGYN’s (AAPLOG), please contact prudence@peschstrategy.com 

The Colorado March for Life will bring together young and old, families, secular people, and religious believers alike. Since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, which restored the power to protect the unborn to the American people at both the state and federal level, March for Life has organized 30+ demonstrations at state capitols in red and blue states across the country.

What: 2nd Annual Colorado March for Life

Where: In front of the Colorado State Capitol

When: Rally begins at 11AM CT, March begins immediately following at approximately 12PM CT

Who: Thousands of demonstrators from across the Rocky Mountain State, led by a diverse line-up of speakers

– Dr. Marcus Button, board-certified family medicine physician and his wife, Jennifer Button, founders of Button Family Practice

– Jennie Bradley Lichter, president of March for Life

– Lauren Castillo, Chief Revenue Officer, Bella Health + Wellness and Board Chair of Pro-Life Colorado Action

– Reverend James Maxwell, pastor and president of the Rocky Mountain District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

– State Representative Rebecca Keltie, representing District 16

– Brittany Vessely, Board Member of Pro-life Colorado and Executive Director of the Colorado Catholic Conference

– Tamra Axworthy, Vice President of Colorado Pregnancy Care Alliance and CEO of A Caring Pregnancy Center Life Services and Women’s Clinic

– Rich Bennett,Board Chairman for the Colorado Pregnancy Care Alliance, President and CEO of Life Network

– Maria Carpenter, Executive Director of Deeper Still Pikes Peak

– Beverly Jacobson, Founder and CEO of Mama Bear Care

– Sister Mary Grace, S.V., Sisters of Life

– Bishop Jorge Rodriguez, Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Denver

If you plan to attend and cover the event and would like to interview the speakers and key demonstrators, please reach out to Prudence de Bernardo at prudence@peschstrategy.com.

 

CONTACT: Pesch Strategy I Prudence de Bernardo  

prudence@peschstrategy.com  

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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 Leads Rally as Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

TODAY – Advocates Gather at SCOTUS to Support State Authority in Healthcare Regulations

March for Life Leads Rally as Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 2, 2025

Washington, D.C. – This morning, the March for Life is uniting hundreds of Americans at a rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to advocate for states’ ability to Choose Health, Not Harm for pregnant women and their children. Inside the Court, the Justices will hear oral arguments in Alliance Defending Freedom’s case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, in which the Court is considering whether states, specifically South Carolina, can choose to opt out of using taxpayer dollars to fund Planned Parenthood.

“People of all stripes are waking up to the reality that Planned Parenthood is NOT a legitimate healthcare provider,” said Jennie Bradley Lichter, Esq., president of March for Life, “Too many vulnerable women have paid the price as this abortion conglomerate continues to put politics over care for women.

“Today we stand in strong solidarity with South Carolina leaders to affirm their ability to stop the slush fund of taxpayer dollars currently funneled to Planned Parenthood. Instead, this money should be directed to the nearly two-hundred additional health clinics in the state that accept Medicaid and stand ready to provide women with comprehensive, excellent healthcare.”

A recent New York Times report in which more than 50 Planned Parenthood executives and staff from across the country were surveyed revealed:

  • Numerous examples of botched care, including an inability to administer basic STD testing and accidentally placing an IUD in a pregnant woman, killing her child
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  • Haphazard operation of facilities led to patients being prepped for the wrong procedure and some were even administered expired pain medication
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  • Patients were commonly treated by “undertrained staff members”
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  • The organization’s bylaws direct the majority of the hundreds of millions of donations they receive to political campaigns, not medical care
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In June of 2018, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster directed the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) to rescind Medicaid funding from abortion facilities, impacting two Planned Parenthood centers. Planned Parenthood sued the SCDHHS, and following litigation in lower courts, the agency’s director Robert Kerr appealed the case to the Supreme Court in June of 2024. Now, the agency’s current director, Eunice Medina is representing the state in this case.

For more background on the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case before the U.S. Supreme Court, see here.

CONTACT: Pesch Strategy I Prudence de Bernardo
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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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THOUSANDS OF VIRGINIANS MARCH FOR LIFE

Seventh Annual Rally features Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears and other local advocates

Washington, D.C. – Today March for Life, in partnership with The Family Foundation, is leading a demonstration of thousands in Richmond, the Commonwealth’s capital city. Virginians are joined today by Governor Glenn Youngkin and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears. This year, the march takes place as the Virginia General Assembly is fast-tracking a referendum on abortion for 2026 that would drastically change the Commonwealth’s existing policies on the issue. 

“We are thrilled to partner with The Family Foundation of Virginia to host the seventh annual Virginia March for Life,” said March for Life president Jennie Bradley Lichter. “Our goal today is simple: to empower Virginians to work together towards a future that supports every woman and protects every child. The Commonwealth faces a crucial moment that will require those of us who believe that women deserve great healthcare and ample resources, and that babies deserve protection, to make our voices heard – especially as the General Assembly is fast-tracking an extreme “right to abortion” ballot measure that is out of step with the views of commonsense voters in Virginia.”   

 “At this year’s march, thousands of Virginians will be marching for life and against the extreme and unsafe unlimited abortion amendment, HJ1,” said Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia. “This radical measure would strip protections for the unborn and endanger women. Virginians reject this agenda and demand a Commonwealth that values life at every stage.”  

 The Virginia March for Life brings together a diverse group of Virginians each year. Today, students from Liberty University in Lynchburg carry the banner leading the march, attended by young and old, families, secular people and religious believers alike. Since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, which restored the power to protect the unborn to the American people at both the state and federal level, March for Life has organized 30+ demonstrations at dozens of state capitols in red and blue states across the country.  

In the commonwealth of Virginia alone, there are 300+ free life-affirming clinics and resource centers aiding women, children, and families, working to provide them with excellent healthcare and provide for their unique material needs.  

Speakers at today’s rally include: 

– Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 

-Erin Getz, senior director of the State March Program, March for Life Education and Defense Fund 

-Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia 

-Most Reverend Barry C. Knestout, Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond 

-Pastor Robert Gurley Jr., president of the Frederick Douglass Freedom Alliance of Virginia 

-Shawnte Mallory, mother, abuse survivor, and family coach, LABIR Love and Care

-Reverend James Douthwaite, pastor of Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 

-Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington 

-Delegate Delores Oates, Virginia House of Delegates representing the 31st District  

 

CONTACT: Pesch Strategy I Prudence de Bernardo  

prudence@peschstrategy.com  

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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 the California Family Council, Announces Speakers for the 2025 California March for Life

Pro-life Advocates to Address Marchers in Sacramento on March 31, 2025

 

Sacramento, CA – Today the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, partnered with the California Family Council, announced speakers for the 2025 California March for Life taking place on March 31st in Sacramento. Marchers who gather at the Sacramento Capitol Building to peacefully advocate for pro-life protections will be addressed by notable speakers, including keynote speaker Melissa Ohden, Founder and CEO of the Abortion Survivors Network; Dr. John Jackson, President of William Jessup University; Jackie Turner, Minister of Communication and Church Relations at Acres of Hope; Jonathan Keller, President of the California Family Council; Kathleen Jones, President and CEO of Life Choice Pregnancy Center; Hannah Gautsch, State March Program Coordinator at the March for Life; John Gerardi, Executive Director of Right to Life of Central California; and more!

Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life Education and Defense Fund:

“I am thrilled to announce our continued partnership with the California Family Council for this year’s Fifth Annual California March for Life, to be held on March 31st in Sacramento. This event is a crucial opportunity for us to stand united in defense of the sanctity of life in California – a state whose extreme abortion policies are no secret. It is more critical than ever that we make our voices heard on behalf of the unborn and vulnerable mothers. The March for Life looks forward to joining with thousands of joyful and passionate individuals and grassroots organizations to witness for Life in California.”

Jonathan Keller, President, California Family Council:

“We at the California Family Council are thrilled to once again partner with the National March for Life and our amazing local, state, and national allies for the fifth annual California March for Life in Sacramento. Every child in California, whether born or unborn, possess inherent value and dignity that we are called to protect. We warmly invite all Californians to stand with us at the Capitol on Monday, March 31, 2025, for a powerful day of advocacy, prayer, and dedication in the cause of life!”

The California March for Life on Monday March 31, 2025, will start with a rally at the Sacramento State Capitol Building at 12 pm PDT followed by the March at 1 pm PDT.

 

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

– (Keynote) Melissa Ohden, Founder and CEO, Abortion Survivors Network

-Dr. John Jackson, President, William Jessup University

-Jackie Turner, Minister of Communication and Church Relations, Acres of Hope

-Jonathan Keller, President, California Family Council

-Kathleen Jones, President and CEO, Life Choice Pregnancy Center

-Hannah Gautsch, State March Program Coordinator, March for Life

-John Gerardi, Executive Director, Right to Life of Central California

-And more!

 

WHEN:

12:00 pm PDT – March for Life Rally Begins

1:00 pm PDT – March for Life Begins

 

WHERE:

The rally will be held at 1315 10th and L St, outside the Sacramento Capitol Building in Sacramento, CA Learn more at https://marchforlife.org/california/

CONTACT: Pesch Strategy I Prudence de Bernardo  

prudence@peschstrategy.com  

 240-672-2828  

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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.