Rank-and-file members of the anti-abortion movement demonstrating in Washington, D.C., on Friday said they are hopeful that Vice President JD Vance will lead the Republican Party in their direction after increasing tensions between anti-abortion groups and President Donald Trump.
Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in the capital on Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, marking the fourth such rally since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade federal protections for abortion.
But in the weeks leading up to the demonstration, leaders in the anti-abortion movement have increasingly questioned their relationship to the GOP, particularly after Trump told Republicans to be “flexible on Hyde” during healthcare bill negotiations, referring to the Hyde Amendment’s restrictions on federally funded abortions.
Leaders within
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