A couple weeks ago, scores of thousands of anti-abortion advocates visited Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. The marchers differed in many ways: There were men, women, oldies and youngsters, Catholic religious and even a contingent from Humanists for Life. One thing they all had in common was their steadfast belief that unborn human life is sacred and that abortion is wrong.

A majority of these people (at least those who could vote; most were teenagers) likely voted for Donald Trump for president based in part or in whole on Trump’s stated commitment to enacting pro-life policies and nominating pro-life judges. And they all cheered wildly when Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech making the case for a compassionate approach to life. “I’ve long believed that a society can be judged by how we care for its most vulnerable, the aged, the infirm, the disabled, and the unborn,” he said. “Compassion is overcoming convenience. And hope is defeating despair.”