President Donald Trump encouraged participants in their opposition to abortion as he delivered his March for Life satellite address Friday from the Rose Garden; he assured them that “every life is sacred, that every child is a precious gift from God.”
The president told the tens of thousands of marchers that the ignominious Roe v. Wade1973 Supreme Court case “resulted in some of the most permissive abortion laws anywhere in the world,” likening the United States to China and North Korea in its abortion legislation.
“Right now, in a number of states, the laws allow a baby to be born [torn] from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong; it has to change,” Mr. Trump said.
“I’m honored and really proud to be the first president to stand with you here at the White House to address the 45th March for Life,” Trump said. “That’s very, very special—45th March for Life.”
After his address, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that Mr. Trump was “the most pro-life president in the history of the United States.”
In his address, Trump noted that “Americans are more and more pro-life. You see that all the time. In fact, only 12 percent of Americans support abortion on demand at any time.”
“Under my administration,” he promised, “we will always defend the very first right in the Declaration of Independence, and that is the right to life.” READ MORE
