On Friday, over 100,000 activists are expected to descend on Washington for the annual March for Life. The theme of this year’s march, “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman,” is especially timely.

The era when even pro-choice Democrats would express personal objection to abortion is not only long gone, but it has been replaced by a culture in which women are encouraged to celebrate their abortions as some sort of symbol of female empowerment. Instead of speaking honestly about the issue — even if just to acknowledge that abortion is never desirable — pro-abortion advocates argue that women need abortion and that abortion is nothing strange. In fact, it’s normal.