For years, many pro-life Republican politicians pushed to end the evil that is abortion and advocated the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. Decades of hard work finally yielded positive outcomes as the highest court in the land ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that abortion is not a constitutionally protected right. It was a victory decades in the making.
Just a week before the 2023 march, the new GOP-controlled House demonstrated continued support for the pro-life cause by passing both the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires care for children who are born having survived an abortion, and a resolution condemning violence at churches, pro-life organizations, and pregnancy resource centers. There have been 186 such attacks since the leaked draft of the Dobbs decision last May.
But now, after the most significant judicial win in the history of the pro-life movement, on the 50th anniversary of the first march, the annual National March for Life scheduled for Jan. 20 in the nation’s capital does not seem to be a priority. This shouldn’t be.
The National March for Life, the largest event to protect the lives of the unborn in the country, and arguably the world, has previously had former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence as speakers at the event. This year’s speakers were announced in a press release on Jan. 5 and no congressional Republicans were included. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the House majority leader, and Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, have since been added.
We march towards a future where every human life is equally valued and protected – inside the womb and out.
Join us at the March for Life on January 20, 2023. #WhyWeMarch pic.twitter.com/vLMfi2prPA
— March for Life (@March_for_Life) January 25, 2022
“We are overjoyed to welcome these inspiring leaders at this year’s 50th March for Life, the first in our post-Roe nation,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life Education and Defense Fund. “With Roe now behind us, we are empowered to save countless innocent American lives by continuing to advocate for commonsense protections at the state and federal level, educating Americans on the intrinsic dignity of all human life. This year will be a somber reminder of the millions of lives lost to abortion in the past 50 years, but also a celebration of how far we have come and where we as a movement need to focus our effort as we enter this new era in our quest to protect life.”
The battle over abortion and killing babies might be favoring the pro-life side at the moment, but that can easily change over time, especially as the Left continues to promote anti-life, pro-infanticide propaganda. This is a massive cultural event in which hundreds of thousands of supporters participate, and more Republican pro-life politicians should be attending and giving speeches.
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Now is not the time to get complacent and rest on the laurels of the recent judicial victory. It’s the time to continue the battle and promote the value of pro-life issues and advance the narratives and agendas that reinforce the importance of saving babies’ lives.
UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) were recently added as speakers.
