Donald Trump will participate in the "March for Life" in Washington on Friday and will thus become the first American president to attend this annual event against the right to abortion.
A first in "history", announced Wednesday evening by the White House on its Twitter account.
This Friday, January 24, President @realDonaldTrump will be the first President in history to attend the March for Life!
- The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 22, 2020"See you Friday," tweeted the Republican billionaire, predicting a "large crowd," above a message calling for participation in the "March for life."
See you on Friday ... Big Crowd! https://t.co/MFyWLG4HFZ
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2020In 2017, Mike Pence became the first vice president to attend this rally. And as early as 2018, Donald Trump - who once spoke in favor of the right to abortion - spoke to the thousands of activists gathered in Washington. But he had hitherto done it through a giant screen interposed.
"We are deeply honored to welcome President Trump to the 47th March for Life," the chair of the march, Jeanne Mancini, said in a statement.
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“From the appointment of pro-life judges […] to the reduction of taxpayer funding for abortions at home and abroad, and the call to end late abortions, President Trump and his administration have been advocates constants of life ”, she welcomed.
Appointment of two judges opposed to abortion
This event is generally organized around the anniversary of the emblematic decision of the Supreme Court "Roe v. Wade "legalizing the voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) in the United States, January 22, 1973.
Since Donald Trump's election, anti-abortion activists have been galvanized by the Supreme Court reshuffle hired by the White House tenant running for re-election in November, who appointed two judges opposed to abortion.
Several conservative states have thus adopted very restrictive laws on abortion, and hope that the legal battle engaged will lead them to the highest court of the country, thus giving him the possibility of reversing this historic judgment.
The first litmus test will take place in March, when the Supreme Court examines a Louisiana restrictive law.