On January 21, the day after Trump’s presidential inauguration, hundreds of thousands of women will convene in D.C for The Women’s March on Washington. Planned Parenthood, #VoteProChoice, NARAL Pro-Choice, and Catholics for Choice are all featured among their list of over 100 official partners.
Until last week, the march had no pro-life contingent, causing outlets like the Christian Post to declare, “Pro-Life Women Not Invited to Women’s March.”
But the tides turned. Pro-Life women and organizers from a number of groups — including The Stanton Policy Center, Sound Legal Group, and Then There Were None — have announced that they’re organizing a pro-life contingent of the march.
According to its official event page: “Pro-life groups from across the nation will be participating in the Women’s March on Washington — promoting the sanctity of life and the dignity of women,” and they will convene at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9am.
These groups are not official partners of the march.
One notable woman who will be in attendance is Abby Johnson, a former director of Planned Parenthood and the founder of And Then There Were None, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting abortion clinic workers to leave the abortion industry.
“It is vitally important for prolife women to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. As a former director of a Planned Parenthood facility, I will be there to talk about the corruption inside this organization who proclaims to ‘care about women,’” said Johnson in a press release obtained by Red Alert.
“I am hoping to share the true feminist message that life empowers women and that women do not need the manipulative services offered by our country’s largest abortion provider.”
Karen Glenn Foster, founder of Sound Legal Group, said in the press release, “The Women’s March on Washington claims to be about human rights, nonviolence, and confronting injustice. But by accepting Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and other abortion activism organizations as co-sponsors, the Women’s March on Washington has betrayed its mission and failed to confront the injustice in front of its face.”
“Human rights and nonviolence apply to everyone, regardless of age and disability, and are most powerful and most urgent when serving those who need it most. It’s time for the Women’s March to speak up for all women.”
