“Finally, considering the right's success in capturing state houses, the ever-rightward tilt of Congress, SCOTUS' recent Hobby Lobby decisions regarding contraception, and their ruling on buffer zones, prochoice activists must feel like Roe is as vulnerable as a wildebeest at a watering hole. Indeed, the lions of the right would certainly like to devour it. Were that the case, then the religious right's ascendance would bring another tipping point not just for abortion, but for the very nature of governance in the United States.” – Douglas Jamiel, July 22, 2014
Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during the March for Life. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite AP/Press Association Images
Thousands of people gathered yesterday in Washington, DC, as they have for 44 years, for what is known as the March for Life. This anti-abortion protest takes place annually near the anniversary date of the 1973 passage of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court’s landmark abortion rights decision. Yesterday’s marchers, whether they individually like Trump or not, were happy, hopeful, and enthusiastic in the knowledge that his administration is so clearly and explicitly “pro-life.”
