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By: Sarah Holliday, originally published January 25, 2025, The Washington Stand<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite frigid weather, gloomy skies, and snow actively falling from the sky, thousands still gathered together for last year\u2019s 51st annual March for Life. This year, however, the 52nd annual March was greeted with sunshine, optimism, and Americans excited not just to fight for life, but to finally be accompanied by an administration that is far more supportive than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tsunami of pro-lifers took to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. There was music and dancing, laughter and conversation. Anyone within earshot of the masses could hear praise and worship as it echoed throughout the premises. The name of Jesus was praised time and again throughout today\u2019s event. But what always stands out most about the March for Life is not merely the cause itself, but the very people who allow this movement to exist. Perhaps the atmosphere from today\u2019s march is summarized well in what Mary Szoch, director of Family Research Council\u2019s Center for Human Dignity, stated: \u201cEvery single person who walked\u2026 was filled with joy and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the ground, the crowd was full of Americans from across the country. But it was not just Americans whowere marching, there were international groups as well such as Korea Pro-Life, who were situated front and center of it all. On the ground, The Washington Stand spoke with a handful of people who attended the March, gaining insight into what attendees were most passionate about, as well as their hopes under the new administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina, for example, flew in from Indiana to march for Grace, a girl who would have been 14 years old today if she had not been tragically aborted. \u201cI\u2019m fighting for a little girl named Grace,\u201d she stated. \u201cIt makes me cry thinking about it. She was taken from us too soon after she was aborted after the mother was coerced into getting an abortion she didn\u2019t want.\u201d Now, over a decade later, Grace\u2019s mother finds herself \u201cdevastated.\u201d Although Grace\u2019s mom could not attend the march this year, Christina happily did so for her. \u201cI\u2019m standing for Grace,\u201d she emphasized, \u201cand I hope one day the mother will be here with me. Together, we\u2019re going to continue to fight for the voiceless. I think it\u2019s our Christian duty\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina offered encouragement to women who are struggling, just as Grace\u2019s mom did. \u201cMy encouragement,\u201d she said, \u201cis that the hard times only last a little while. Even if it\u2019s very difficult and you don\u2019t see a way for the future, God has a way of changing the entire world for you. So, hold on. Do everything you can to fight for life. We\u2019re here. We love you. You don\u2019t have to be ashamed. You are amazing. You can do it. You go, mama.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex, who came in from Boston, also spoke with TWS. His prayer is that every pro-lifer will \u201cbe empowered to not be afraid to take and live out [the] gospel of life in the real world. And we also pray for those who are against us, [because] we know we have enemies. We want to love them and pray that they can come see that life is a gift and it\u2019s to be cherished.\u201d Similarly, Zachary Gohl, an intern with FRC, explained how his hope is for more people to recognize that \u201clife is the most sacred and fundamental right that we as Americans are granted \u2026 by God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zachary continued, \u201cThe fact that we\u2019ve aborted nearly 70 million babies, which is more than 11 times the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust, is unacceptable. And I think we should do everything we can to stop it and save lives.\u201d This is exactly why he hopes the Trump administration will continue paving the way for a more strongly pro-life America. His prayer is that all throughout this administration, Trump\u2019s team refuses to \u201ccompromise, whether with rhetoric or action. Life is the most sacred right that we\u2019re given, and so, fight for it at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zachary is not alone in his earnest prayers that this second Trump administration will continue helping the pro-life movement and the women and babies it seeks to protect. Warner Depriest from Students for Life of America said he hopes \u201cPresident Trump and Vice President Vance will defund Planned Parenthood.\u201d Victoria Pierce, also with Students for Life, said if she could speak with the president herself, she would \u201cencourage him to keep fighting for the right to life and to make sure to fight harder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abi Prudent of Concerned Women for America also talked with TWS on her optimism about the new administration. \u201cI am optimistic,\u201d she said, but \u201cmainly because I trust in the Lord God who created the world.\u201d As she went on to explain, \u201cFor me, the March for Life really means that I get to have the opportunity to hear the stories of so many people from across the country, sometimes around the world, who come and get to tell of how the Lord changed their life and redeemed them from the grief, from the heartache, from the burden that came after the abortion.\u201d And in addition to hearing others stories, Prudent shared that \u201cthe Lord has given me the opportunity to be able to share those stories through work [and] through the relationships He\u2019s given me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd so,\u201d she added, \u201cI just love to be able to be a tool for the Lord to share the message.\u201d With the new administration, Prudent is prayerful that with \u201call of the different policies that are coming out, like the Born Alive Act\u201d and similar measures to come in the future, Trump and his selected team will help with continual progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the March for Life, Seth Gruber, CEO of The White Rose Resistance, shared with TWS how \u201cthere\u2019s just not a larger gathering of pro-lifers in the country\u201d that takes place. He added that maybe \u201csome people think the March is a little bit silly because a lot of people just come and march once, and they don\u2019t do a lot more during the year to protect the unborn.\u201d However, for the vast majority, \u201cit\u2019s still encouraging because a lot of people will credit the March for Life as sort of this inspirational turning point that got them into fighting for the unborn, because very few people have seen this many people unified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gruber went on to say how this unity is not only special, but it\u2019s necessary, \u201cespecially when we\u2019re constantly derided by the media, the universities, [and] the Democratic Party for being hateful and bigoted and \u2018Christian nationalist.\u2019\u201d Ultimately, \u201cwhen you come to [a march] like this, after you\u2019re constantly attacked and smeared, and you get to just have that unification with Protestants, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox \u2026 [and even] atheists who \u2026 also recognize that maybe we shouldn\u2019t kill all the babies, it\u2019s kind of a cool moment \u2026 for the unborn. [And it\u2019s] why the March for life is important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the impact the new administration may have on pro-life matters, Gruber set the reminder for Christians specifically that, no matter what happens, \u201cwe\u2019re not accountable or beholden to either political party. We\u2019re beholden to Jesus Christ. And \u2026 life matters to Him because Jesus entered human history from the womb to redeem mankind from their sins.\u201d Ultimately, \u201cHe\u2019s the greatest former fetus to have ever existed who identified with us from our most vulnerable stage, the prenatal stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, whether under Democratic or Republican leadership, \u201cWe have no license to remain silent \u2026 [but to pray] that the church will awaken and express our commitment and the importance of protecting life so that this new administration will take significant steps to defend the unborn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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