Anti-Abortion Protesters Optimistic at March for Life in DC

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 18: Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March, on January 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Right to Life Campaign held its annual March For Life rally and march to the U.S. Supreme Court protesting the high court’s 1973 Roe V. Wade decision making abortion legal. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (AP) – Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital Friday with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights. The March for Life was held as the Supreme Court has indicated it will allow states to impose tighter restrictions on abortion with a ruling in the coming months – and possibly overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion. One participant, Jordan Moorman of Cincinnati said: “It doesn’t feel real. There’s so much hope and vibrancy and happiness and joy at this thing.”