Good morning from Washington, where the pro-life movement once again suggests its growing numbers by assembling for the March for Life. Bernadette Tasy writes about how scientific advances have advanced the cause, while Maggie Hroncich offers photos of imaginative signs carried by marchers. A bishop tells Mary Margaret Olohan where pro-abortion Catholics go wrong. For more coverage, visit
our YouTube channel. Plus: Victor Davis Hanson bemoans the rapid decline of America, and Neil Patel chronicles the president’s denial of reality. On this date in 1973, in a 7-2 decision in the case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court legalizes abortion across the nation.
As in ancient Rome, several nations have suffered a “systems collapse.” The term describes the sudden inability of once prosperous populations to continue with what ensured the good life.
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington says the Catholics for Choice group’s projection of a pro-abortion slogan on the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was “chilling.”