FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 20, 2023
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Eagle Forum joins 2023 March for Life
First March for Life after Supreme Court Declares
No Constitutional Right to Abortion
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Today, Eagle Forum President Kristen Ullman and Executive Director Tabitha Walter join the thousands of people from different states, backgrounds, races, and political parties who will walk together from the National Mall to the Supreme Court in solidarity to proclaim the fundamental right to life of all people from conception until natural death. This year, the 50th March for Life is the first to be held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24, 2022,
Statement of Eagle Forum President, Kristen Ullman:
Just seven months ago, after 50 years of living under the wrongly decided Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court finally declared in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health the truth that, “[t]he Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.” The Court went on to say what we in the pro-life movement have known since the beginning, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”
Some may ask if Roe v. Wade is overturned, why still march? First, we celebrate decades of hard work from the pro-life movement. Pro-lifers have provided extensive education and research into fetal development, have walked alongside women facing crisis pregnancies, and lobbied lawmakers to pass legislation that values all life.
Also, we acknowledge that our work isn’t finished. As the Supreme Court stated in Dobbs, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” States are free to regulate abortion now. While some are choosing to defend life, others are passing laws that allow abortion on demand until birth, a radical position that very few Americans support. Businesses are coercing scared women to destroy life by offering “free” services, a barbaric practice that is self-serving to businesses interested in getting female employees back on the job instead of supporting them in their roles as mothers.
On a national level, our federal taxes are still funding organizations like Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers who not only push abortion here but also globally. In addition, innocent lives – both women and their unborn babies – are at risk from chemical abortions (abortion “pills”) that the FDA is making easy to obtain without the mother’s ever visiting a doctor or being under a doctor’s care. Women have been harmed and even died from these drugs. Eagle Forum members will continue our work to ensure that every unborn child is protected by law.
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