After Roe v. Wade happened in 1972, the pro-life movement sprang into action, eager to let their voices be heard and to “stop the holocaust” of abortion. Still, one of the weakest aspects of the pro-life movement has been the intent focus, for decades at least, on the unborn baby, rather than the mother carrying the child. However, as Planned Parenthood clinics have closed and pregnancy clinics have taken their place, ardently pro-life men and women have finally shifted their focus, and try to offer as much attention and care toward women considering abortion as the unborn baby who might suffer that fate.

At the pro-life march in Washington, D.C., on Friday, the theme “Love Saves Lives” was evident, not just through the signs participants carried or the Christian music playing, but through the many groups and organizations who came. While the march is often a magnet for young people, I spoke to a group of retired men and women from Lancaster, Pa., who spoke to me as much about abortion as they did mothers.