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Vice President Pence Delivers Keynote Address at Anti-Abortion March

HeadlineJan 30, 2017

In Washington, D.C., thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered on the National Mall Friday for the annual “March for Life” rally, held each year near the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Among those addressing the crowd was Vice President Mike Pence, who became the highest-ranking official ever to attend the gathering. Pence predicted Donald Trump’s next Supreme Court appointee would roll back abortion protections.

Vice President Mike Pence: “And that’s why next week President Donald Trump will announce his Supreme Court nominee, who will uphold the God-given liberties enshrined in our Constitution in the tradition of the late and great Justice Antonin Scalia. You know, life is winning in America.”

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order reinstating a “global gag rule,” which bans U.S. funding for any international healthcare organization that performs abortions or even mentions abortion, even if those activities are funded by non-U.S. money.

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