2023 March for Life: 8 Things for Pro-Lifers to Know

Catholic pro-life leaders agree that this year’s demonstration is more important than ever.

Pro-life Americans from across the country are planning to attend the March for Life — which calls itself the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world — on Friday, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C.

While the march happens every year, this year is different: It will be the first March for Life held in a post-Roe America.

Here are eight things to know about the 2023 March for Life.

What is the March for Life?

The March for Life began in response to the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. What started as a small demonstration in 1974 in Washington, D.C., quickly grew into the largest annual pro-life event in the country.

Today, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands travel each year to the nation’s capital on or around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. These pro-life Americans gather not only to challenge abortion but also to celebrate the beauty of life, beginning from the moment of conception.

The 2023 March for Life will make history as the first march held after the Supreme Court overturned Roe in a decision that frees states and legislators to decide abortion policy. But, the March for Life says, a national march is still needed.

“The goal of the national March for Life is to not only change laws at the state and federal level but to change the culture to ultimately make abortion unthinkable,” its website reads. “With the role of the states being more important, we are also growing a strong state march for life initiative quickly; however, we will continue to march every January at the national level until a culture of life is restored.”… (Excerpt from The National Catholic Register)