With the constitutional right to abortion no longer the rule of the land, the March for Life returns with a new focus. Instead of concentrating their attention on the Supreme Court, the marchers plan to target the U.S. Capitol.
One year ago, the annual March for Life protest against legal abortion took place in Washington amid a
Some movement leaders also hope to plant seeds in Congress for a potential federal abortion restriction down the line. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, said she envisions an eventual “federal minimum standard” cut-off line such as 13 weeks of pregnancy after which abortion would not be permitted in any state. Dannenfelser’s scenario would still leave individual states free to impose their own, stricter measures, including a total ban.
In permit applications to the National Park Service, protest organizers estimated 50,000 participants this year, about the same size as previous marches.state-by-state patchworkSince June, near-total bans on abortion have been implemented in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Legal challenges are pending against several of those bans.
But other states have witnessed unexpected pushback on the issue. Voters in Kansas and Kentucky rejected constitutional amendments that would have declared there is no right to abortion; Michigan voters approved an amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.
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