The March for Life follows Life Fest with a pro-life rally at noon on the National Mall featuring pro-life speeches and a free live concert. The D.C. Armory is about a 10-minute drive from the National Mall.
Marchers will begin heading toward the steps of Congress at about 1 p.m., starting between 12th and 14th Streets, NW, heading up Constitution Avenue.
The March for Life, which calls itself the world’s “largest annual human rights demonstration,” takes place every year in January to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide.
More than 60 million unborn children have been killed since the court’s ruling in Roe, which was overturned in June 2022 with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each state from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” the majority opinion in the case said.
The abortion landscape in the United States has dramatically changed since Roe’s repeal, with many states passing legislation to protect life and others having approved measures to expand abortion.
The theme for this year’s March for Life is “With Every Woman, For Every Child.”
Joseph Bukuras is a journalist at the Catholic News Agency. Joe has prior experience working in state and federal government, in non-profits, and Catholic education. He has contributed to an array of publications and his reporting has been cited by leading news sources, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Catholic University of America. He is based out of the Boston area.