The 53rd annual March for Life in Washington, DC, once again saw tens of thousands of people descend upon the nation’s capital and demand that elected representatives do more to protect women and unborn children.
Grand Rapids Right to Life hosted six buses, transporting 334 people from Michigan to Washington, DC, for this annual event. Four of the six buses were filled with school students.
The rally began with an hour of worship music, a moving performance of the National Anthem by the Friends of Club 21 Choir, a group of young adults with Down syndrome, and concluded with powerful speeches.
Speakers included Jennie Bradley Lichter, president of the March for Life; Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House; Elizabeth Pillsbury Oliver, President of Georgetown University Right to Life; Shawnte Mallory, founder of Labir Love and Care; Cissie Graham Lynch, senior advisor and spokesperson for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse; and Sarah Hurm, who gave a personal life testimony.
A video message from President Donald Trump highlighted the administration’s efforts to advance pro-life policies, while Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the crowd in person, affirming the movement’s “ally in the White House” and urging continued progress in the post-Dobbs era.
This was the fourth March for Life since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had legalized abortion-on-demand in all 50 states.
The theme for this year, “Life is a Gift,” pointed to the heart of why people young and old, from all walks of life, and across the political spectrum, brave the cold every year to speak for those who do not have a voice.
In commentary for The Washington Stand, Sarah Holliday wrote, “In the end, the March for Life revealed something profound: this movement draws remarkable diversity. Young and old, people from every region and many nations, spanning various religious traditions and even political affiliations, are coming together not out of uniformity but out of a shared conviction. This love for life — its gift, its sanctity, its potential — binds those who fight for it.”
Photos from the March for Life can be viewed on the Grand Rapids Right to Life Flickr page.