WASHINGTON — As the federal government weighed protecting survivors of violent abortion procedures and the civil rights of peaceful pro-life protesters, tens of thousands of pro-life advocates marched in the nation’s capital on Friday. They celebrated the life-affirming sea change in D.C. after Republicans took control of the legislature and the presidency.
But attendees and nonprofit leaders alike know that winning the election was only the beginning. Now, with President Donald Trump sworn in and Republicans in control of the House and Senate, the real work can begin.
As marcher Rose Cordier, a high school student from Cincinnati, Ohio, told The Federalist, the reason she traveled and weathered below-freezing temperatures was to “abolish abortion in America” completely — the goal of nearly everyone at the march. But she is excited to see the Trump…