March For Life

Today is one of the highlights of my year. It's the annual March for Life. Hundreds of thousands of people, including many young women, came to Washington, D.C., braving the winter weather, to defend innocent preborn babies. I was honored to join them on the National Mall.

This annual march is unlike any other demonstration that takes place in Washington. Marches and protests happen here regularly. But most demonstrators are almost always seeking some sort of action or policy that benefits them. And that's totally fine in a free society.

But the March For Life is different. Today's marchers are not asking for any monetary or policy benefit for themselves. Their bank accounts won't get bigger if they are successful. They are marching to give voice to the one group of Americans who literally have no voice -- our pre-born babies.

Whether one agrees with the marchers or not, and I strongly agree with them, they should be admired for their selflessness. But unlike many other causes that come to Washington, the media here will vilify and mock them. 

Yet every year since 1973, pro-life marchers have come to Washington. And this year, there is great joy in their hearts. 

This year would have been Roe v. Wade’s 50th anniversary. Instead of mourning that somber milestone, we are celebrating the good news that Roe is gone and thousands of innocent babies are being saved! 

But with the abortion issue now returned to the states, the battle for the sanctity of life is far from over. We must continue to fight the good fight for the hearts and minds of the American people, and that’s one battle I believe we will win. (See below.)

The sanctity of life has inspired and motivated my work for decades.  

Every four years I have joined a small group of leaders, including Dr. James Dobson, the late great Phyllis Schlafly, Tony Perkins and Marjorie Dannenfelser, to preserve the pro-life plank in the Republican platform. I have worked to ensure that the nominee of the Republican Party was pro-life and committed to appointing pro-life justices to the Supreme Court.

For 20 years, American Values has worked to advance pro-life legislation in Congress and in state legislatures. And we have been particularly involved in efforts to secure the confirmations of pro-life Supreme Court justices, especially Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and President Trump’s three justices – Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, all of whom were part of the Dobb’s majority.