As March for Life continues, supporters, opponents plan more state action
United States RNS Last January, March for Life participants gathered for the first time after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, celebrating a long-sought victory even as they shifted their focus to the state level – the new battleground in the enduring abortion debate. A year later, after a series of disappointments for the organisation, in […]
“Not the real Jesus”: How ‘The Chosen’ star Jonathan Roumie became a poster child for Christian causes
KATHRYN POST and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report…
At March for Life, a jubilant crowd prepares for state-level fights
Washngton DC, US RNS Thousands assembled on Friday to participate in this year’s edition of the anti-abortion March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, DC, where throngs celebrated the fall of Roe v Wade while expressing trepidation as the abortion debate moves to the states. Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, opened […]
US divided over Roe’s repeal as abortion foes gird for march
United StatesAP Anti-abortion activists will have multiple reasons to celebrate – and some reasons for unease – when they gather Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life. The march, which includes a rally drawing abortion opponents from across the nation, has been held annually since January, 1974 – a year after the US […]
At US March for Life, a mix of triumph and apprehension
Washington DC, USRNS Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall on Friday for the March for Life, an annual anti-abortion rally that took on a triumphant tone as attendees looked forward to a pending Supreme Court ruling with the potential to strike down Roe v Wade and return control over abortion legislation to the […]
At March for Life in the US, a pivot away from Trump and toward ‘unity’
Washington DC, USRNS A mostly virtual version of a major annual anti-abortion gathering convened in Washington, DC, on Friday featuring pre-recorded speeches from lawmakers, faith leaders and former football star Tim Tebow who pushed for unity and made appeals to President Joe Biden to enact anti-abortion legislation. March for Life Director Jeanne Mancini kicked off […]
In the US, annual March for Life goes virtual amid COVID-19, unrest at US Capitol
RNS The March for Life is going virtual this year. The move online comes as the COVID-19 pandemic “may be peaking” and amid the “heightened pressures that law enforcement officers and others are currently facing in and around the Capitol,” according to a statement posted Friday on the March for Life website – two weeks before the […]
ESSAY: TRUMP WOOS CATHOLICS ON ABORTION BUT MAY LOSE THEM ON LIFE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN GEHRING, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life Action, looks at the broader relationship between Catholics and pro-life issues against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s historic appearance at last Friday’s March for Life…
US President Donald Trump addresses March for Life, where religion and politics mix
Washington, DCRNS US President Trump delivered a speech before a sprawling crowd gathered on the National Mall for this year’s anti-abortion March for Life demonstration, making him the first president ever to offer an in-person address to the conservative-leaning gathering where religion and politics are known to mix. “All of us here understand an eternal […]
ABORTION: AT ANNUAL US MARCH FOR LIFE, CROWD CHEERS FOR ANTI-ABORTION GAINS – AND TRUMP
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from Washington, DC…