Tens of Thousands Rally Against Abortion in First 'March for Life' Since Roe v. Wade Overturned

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In the run up to Friday's March for Life, congressional Republicans issued a flurry of anti-abortion bills.
56% : "Planned Parenthood claims these funds go to healthcare for women, but last year, Planned Parenthood performed a record number of abortions while also reducing the number of well-woman exams and breast cancer screenings it performed."
52% : Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, spoke at the event, calling it "a somber reminder of the millions of lives lost to abortion in the past 50 years, but also a celebration of how far we have come and where we as a movement need to focus our effort as we enter this new era in our quest to protect life."
52% : Biden said he would use his executive powers where possible to preserve abortion, while urging Congress to enshrine it in law.
51% : Planned Parenthood replied to a request for comment from The Epoch Times by pointing to the organization's response to prior "defund" initiatives, which states that such moves keep patients from receiving preventive services like birth control and screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases.
48% : Tens of thousands of people gathered in the District of Columbia on Friday to demonstrate their opposition to abortion in the first annual "March for Life" since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and delivered a long-sought victory to the pro-life movement.
48% : Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) proposed a new draft bill on Friday that aims to defund Planned Parenthood by placing a one-year moratorium on federal funding to the organization.
43% :The bill, named "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023" (pdf), aims to prohibit federal funds from being made available to the organization, or any of its affiliates or clinics, unless they certify that they will not perform abortions.
41% : Around 15 or so activists gathered outside the court building in a counter-protest to the pro-life march, holding signs of their own like "Bans off our Bodies," "Stop Prosecuting Abortion," and "I Will Aid & Abet Abortion."
40% :The mention of being part of the "post-Roe generation" refers to the fact that, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ruling that there's no constitutional right to abortion and thus returning the regulation of abortion to the states.
39% :Since the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, the legality of abortion has become a matter for states to decide on, with around a dozen implementing near-total abortion bans.
39% :"Abortion is always wrong under any circumstance but allowing women to have chemical abortions alone without ever being physically examined is outright dangerous," Good wrote in a post on Twitter on Friday.
38% : "I'll always fight to protect young moms and their unborn children from the violence of abortion."
34% : That decision effectively overturned the high court's landmark decision on Jan. 22, 1973, in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide.

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