Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the crowd at the March for Life with a rousing speech. In his first public address since he was sworn in, the VP, assured the pro-life movement that the Trump administration has their back. Vance spoke to the crowd at the 52nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday. This speech comes less than a week after he was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States.
Vance opined on the state of the pro-life movement and the vital importance of working to “defend the unborn” and be “pro-family and pro-life in the fullest sense of that world possible.” He declared “Our country has not yet stepped up in the way you have.” Told the massive crowd, “Our government certainly has failed in that important responsibility.”
“We failed a generation not only by permitting a culture of abortion on demand but also by neglecting to help young parents achieve the ingredients they need to live a happy and meaningful life,” the VP explained. “A culture of radical individualism took root, one where the responsibilities and joys of family life were seen as obstacles to overcome, not as personal fulfillment or personal blessings. Our society has failed to recognize the obligation that one generation has to another is a core part of living in a society to begin with.”
“It should be easier to raise a family, easier to find a good job, easier to build a home to raise that family in, easier to save up and purchase a good stroller, a crib for a nursery,” Vance stated. He added that We need a culture that celebrates life at all stages, one that recognizes and truly believes that the benchmark of national success is not our GDP number or our stock market but whether people feel that they can raise thriving and healthy families in our country.”
He also talked about how President Trump Pardoned more than 20 Pro-Life protestors who had been jailed by the Biden DOJ. Before the pardons were issued, Steve Crampton, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel, said “With these requests for presidential pardons for 21 peaceful pro-life advocates, we urge President Trump to right the grievous wrongs of the Biden administration’s weaponization of the Department of Justice.” He added, “These 21 peaceful pro-lifers, many of whom are currently imprisoned for bravely standing up for unborn life, are upstanding citizens and pillars of their communities. ”
“It stopped on Monday and we’re not going to let it come back to this country,” the Vice President promised the crowd. “This administration stands by you, we stand with you, and most importantly, we stand with the most vulnerable and the basic principle that people exercising the right to protest on behalf of the most vulnerable should never have the government go after them ever again.”
The president himself did not speak in person. However, he delivered a pre-recorded statement via video. “In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life,” he declared. “We will protect the historic gains we have made and stop the radical Democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand up to the moment of birth and even after birth.”
Trump also vowed to “end the weaponization of law enforcement against Americans of faith.” He drew attention to how he had pardoned 23 pro-life activists “who were persecuted by the Biden regime for praying and living out their faith.” He promised the attendees that “never again will religious persecution be allowed to happen again in America.”