The Vice President Was Joined by the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the House, the Florida Governor, and Other Members of Congress

WASHINGTON — Today, pro-life President Donald Trump encouraged pro-lifers by video while Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the annual March for Life in person.

Marchers were also encouraged by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in addition to other members of Congress. 

“The support of President Trump, Vice President Vance, Majority Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson for the pro-life movement is a tremendous blessing and encouragement to the millions of pro-lifers all across the United States who spend their time, money, and energy helping women and their children,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. 

Tobias continued, “Governor DeSantis and other members of Congress inspired pro-lifers, praised pro-life wins, and spoke of the work yet to do.”

In his recorded remarks, President Trump said:

As you know, this annual March started 52 years ago for the first anniversary of the disastrous ruling known as Roe v. Wade, that unconstitutional decision took power away from the states and the voters, kicking off 50 years of division and anger. But thanks to your tireless work and devotion across five decades, that historic wrong was set right three years ago…In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life. We will protect the historic gains we have made and stop the radical Democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand up to the moment of birth and even after birth.

Vice President Vance speaking to the marchers said:

[T]he crowd assembled here in this incredible National Mall provides an extraordinary example for our nation. You donate to diaper banks. You help find housing for those in need. You help fund the crisis pregnancy centers that give help to young women and young men in a time of crisis. You guys are the beating heart of the pro-life movement, and you’ve saved many lives already, and you’re going to save more again…This very March is a reminder of the incredible strength and unity of the pro-life movement. And from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for being here and thank you for marching here today.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told marchers:

You stand here today to bear witness to the beauty and goodness of every human life, to remind people of the great truth upon which our country was founded, that all men and women are created equal and endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are the right to life, the liberty and the pursuit of happiness…

You are part of a great movement united around the truth that every life is precious, that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God and has infinite value and worth. 

Speaker Johnson encouraged marchers by saying:

America is premised on the self-evident truth that every single person is made in the image of our Creator God, and thus every single person has inestimable dignity and value, and your value is not related in any way to the color of your skin or what zip code you live in or what you do for a living. Your value’s inherent. It is given to you by God…

[T]ogether, we are rebuilding a culture of life, and it begins now by sharing your time and influence, by volunteering to assist pregnancy resource centers, all the very practical ways that we can assist. 

Using our voices, using our influence, it’s going to make a difference.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who led opposition to a pro-abortion state constitutional amendment which was defeated, told marchers:

Here is what you should be asking your elected officials to do on the issue of the sanctity of life: show courage in defense of the unborn. That’s what we need from the people that we elect to the office. The sanctity of life does not depend on poll results. It doesn’t depend on which way the wind is blowing. It’s an enduring truth, and it represents the foundation of our society, which in our original founding document, which we will celebrate next year, the Declaration of Independence, declared that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, beginning with the right to life itself.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.