The annual Pro-Life March is this weekend…..
Thousands of anti-abortion activists convened on the National Mall on Friday for the March for Life, the rally held every January since 1974 to protest Roe v. Wade.
This year, for the first time, they were there to celebrate its demise. And with Roe defeated, the movement’s veteran leaders stressed it was an opportunity for new ideas, organizations and voices to rise and inject fresh energy into the fight.
“It’s the beginning of an entirely new pro-life movement,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, told The New York Times shortly before the program began. “Our job just increased times 50.” Her organization’s priorities, she said, are passing the most ambitious anti-abortion state legislation possible and working to elect a “fight-ready” anti-abortion candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
Activists across the country have said they were looking forward to the first major gathering since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last summer, the culmination of five decades of activism. Historically, the march has served as an occasion for strategizing, socializing and making new connections with other activists….