Rank-and-file members of the anti-abortion movement demonstrating in Washington, D.C., on Friday said they are hopeful that Vice President JD Vance will lead the Republican Party in their direction after increasing tensions between anti-abortion groups and President Donald Trump.

Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in the capital on Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, marking the fourth such rally since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade federal protections for abortion.