Last year, anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall in triumph for the annual March for Life, eager to enter a new era for their ambitions to end abortion following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that established federal abortion rights.
But this year, the first presidential election year in post-Roe America, the movement finds itself marching once more in Washington not in triumph, exactly, but grasping to advance their cause after a series of political defeats, fewer powerful allies, and setbacks in the court of public opinion.
“We are experiencing the reverberations of that massive historic shift,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life.
“We certainly do have our work cut out for us, but that’s why we started.”The end of Roe has greatly shifted the political calculus.
Abortion rights have proven to be a mobilizing force for a new coalition of Democrats, independent voters and even some moderate Republicans.
Persons:
Roe, Wade, ”, Jeanne Mancini, “
Organizations:
Life, Roe America
Locations:
Roe, Washington