By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register, January 30, 2025
Father Raymond J. de Souza is the founding editor of Convivium magazine.
COMMENTARY: Vice President Vance’s speech at the March for Life was noteworthy for indicating a shift from the legal front toward a cultural and economic pro-life agenda.
Pro-life Americans welcomed some early initiatives from the new Trump administration, including a restoration of the Mexico City Policy prohibiting American funding of abortion overseas, the granting of pardons to pro-life protestors convicted under the FACE Act, and canceling a Biden-Harris administration policy of considering abortion as “health care,” which permitted taxpayer funding of abortion.
Both President Donald Trump (by video) and Vice President JD Vance (in person) addressed the March for Life, with fulsome praise for pro-life goals and witness. That was a stark contrast to recent years, when the Biden-Harris administration made expanding abortion access a central part of their policy agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris visited an abortion business during her presidential campaign….
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