Fox News reports that faith leaders and many others attend the event each year and talk about the importance of fighting for the unborn, even as they have chopped up a significant win with the Supreme Court decision on June 24, 2022, that overturned Roe v Wade and allowed the states to create their abortion laws.
Patrick Purtill, director of legislative affairs for the Faith & Freedom Coalition, sent an e-mail to Fox News Digital that stated: “This year’s March for Life was a hopeful sight,” and “Even in a post-Roe world, there was a large crowd dominated by young, joyful advocates for life.”
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Purtill is thrilled to see the excitement among young people joining the movement and helping to keep it alive and well. It wasn’t a guarantee, and some people on the political Left didn’t think it would happen. However, young people are showing up in big numbers to put their stamp on the abortion debate.
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The Faith & Freedom Coalition is a grassroots organization based in Georgia. It boasts approximately 2 million conservatives and other people of faith who “support time-honored values, stronger families and individual freedom,” according to the organization.
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Rev. Dean Nelson, the Washington, D.C.-based vice president of government relations at the Human Coalition, also spoke with Fox News Digital and stated:
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“As we marched on this historic day — the 50th annual March for Life — we celebrated the repeal of Roe v. Wade, but we also recognize that the fight to protect life is not over.”
There is still a strong and vibrant movement, and young people are also jumping on it.