Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC in a Watershed Moment for Their Movement

January 23, 2023

</p> <p>Thousands of anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for the annual March for Life, a long-standing rally held for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade</em> in June, rescinding a constitutional right to abortion.</p> <p>In this report co-produced by PBS NewsHour, KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney spoke with activists gathered in Washington about what this moment means for them and the future of the broader anti-abortion movement.</p> <p>This year’s gathering signals a turning point for a movement that has had a singular focus for decades. With <em>Roe</em> now defeated, that focus is fracturing into competing priorities as the practical implications of criminalizing abortion crystallize.</p> <p>
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