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Pro-life goals in peril, depending on next Appropriations Committee chair

By Rachel Bovard
Published October 22, 2018 8:52pm ET
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Pro-life goals in peril, depending on next Appropriations Committee chair
People participate in the March for Life on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. The march -- which typically draws busloads of Catholic school students, a large contingent of evangelical Christians and poster-toting protesters of many persuasions -- falls each year around the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a legal right to abortion and intends to pressure Congress and the White House to limit legal access to the procedure. | (Susan Walsh/AP)

Despite two solid years of Republican control of the House and Senate, the pro-life movement is still waiting for its moment.

Though the GOP ran on what it called “the most pro-life platform” in the party’s history, their unified control of Congress has reflected little effort to engage on any of the issues outlined as important to the party in 2016.

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