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Trump: Justice Dept. will investigate attacks on churches, pro-life centers

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President Donald Trump announced the Department of Justice will investigate attacks on churches and pro-life centers. It’s something conservatives contend former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department failed to do.

The president made the pre-recorded remarks at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Jan. 24. 

“Under my leadership, a reformed Department of Justice will finally investigate the radical left attacks on churches and crisis pregnancy centers, and we will bring perpetrators to justice,” President Trump said. “We will get them to justice one way or the other.” 

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Thousands of people came together at the National Mall for the annual event. Other speakers included Vice President JD Vance, Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. They said they will work to instill pro-life values around the country. 

“What we need today is a new generation of leaders and activists like William Wilberforce and Frederick Douglass, men and women who will courageously use their voices to defend others,” Johnson said. “You, my friends, are part of that generation, and together, we are rebuilding a culture of life.” 

Straight Arrow News spoke with marchers about their views and hopes for abortion policy in America. 

When asked about a state-by-state approach versus a national abortion ban, many said they prefer to keep the decision in the hands of states, even if they want abortion to end entirely. 

“We have 50 beautiful states, so if you have a certain value that you vote for and you want to move to that state, then so be it,” Thang Do told SAN. 

“A federal abortion ban all the way,” said Brian Thomas. “We’re a nation under God, we should be respecting all of God’s children.”

Straight Arrow News also asked marchers if they believe Americans want pro-life policies, given that 13 states have voted to protect abortion rights through ballot measures since the Supreme Court handed the issue of abortions back to the states in 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision. 

“No, I don’t think that that’s what America wants,” said Julie Rosati. 

“I do believe that America wants a pro-life policy,” said Jennifer Lavrenz. “I think there are a few elites that have control.” 

Distrust in the media and other institutions was a big theme. Marchers made clear they believe many who are pro-choice or have had an abortion have been lied to about the risks and side effects.

 “I think that tends to tip things rather than what the people actually really want,” Lavrenz said. 

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Pro-life marchers talk about the future of abortion policy in America 

 

Tc 13:52 Ray 

We’re at the March for Life talking about the future of abortion policy in America.

 

Ray: 37:27 

You’ve got a Republican Trifecta in Washington. What do you want to see is the future of abortion policy in America.

 

Brian Thomas: there’s lots of  things that can be done. We can defund Planned Parenthood. We could even enact the Comstock Laws, which would have the moral privileges for those in shipping of abortion pills. 

 

Tc 25:17 Julie Rosati 

I would love to see abortion end. It absolutely ended. I love to see IVF ended. Love to see anything that kills an innocent child, which I believe begins at conception. I would love to see anything related to that ended in America. 

 

Ray 25:32 

let me ask you. The 2024 election in November, there were 10 states that had abortion on the ballot, and in seven of those 10 states, they chose to protect abortion rights. So do you think what you just described is what America wants?

 

Julie Rosati 

No, I don’t think that that’s what America wants. And sadly, I feel sad about that they agree to

 

33:53 Jennifer Lavrenz 

I do believe that America wants a pro life policy. I think there are a few elites that have control, whether it’s the media or just a few kind of the smaller percentage, and I think that tends to tip things rather than what the people actually really want

 

Ray: Dobbs sent the issue of abortion back to the States. Would you like to see it stay at the states, or would you like to see policy at the federal level? I

 

Teresa Notte:  I would like to see children in the womb be considered as personhood, just like the 14th Amendment. And then it would come back to the federal level.

 

Thang Do: we had 50 beautiful state so if you, if you have a certain value that you vote for and you want to move to that state, then, then, so be it, we have 50 choices.

 

Brian Thomas: a federal abortion ban all the way we’re a nation under God, we should be respecting all of God’s children. 

 

Ray:  If there is a medical situation like an ectopic pregnancy or other medical emergencies where it is clear that the mother and the baby are not going to make it, people have said they want exceptions for that. How would you handle a situation like that?

 

Teresa Notte Well, every doctor would protect the life of a mother. My daughter had an ectopic pregnancy, and within the first couple of weeks of that pregnancy, the fallopian tube burst, and she had an emergency surgery to save her life. So absolutely, in cases of an ectopic pregnancy, you must save the mother’s life, because the child is going to die anyway.

 

Julie Rosati: if the if there’s no chance that neither the mother nor the child would live, I don’t even consider that to be an elective abortion. I am opposed to elective abortion. I’m not opposed to I wouldn’t even call it an abortion if a doctor has to perform a surgery to save the mother and save the baby at the same time, 

 

23:14 Bridget Klare I give that one to God and know that he’s going to watch over them and protect both that baby and That mother. 

 

26:20 ray 

Since Dobbs, there has been an increase in the number of abortions in America. Multiple studies have shown that. Why do you think that 

 

Julie Rosati: the more that you tell someone that they might have their rights removed, the more it makes us humans want to do the wrong thing.

 

Christine: I think that men and women have been told a lie, which is that you can have sex openly and freely and that the baby inside the womb is not it’s not a human being. 

 

Patrick 

people feel like now that’s kind of like getting cracked down upon. They feel like they have to do it now, or at least maybe they’re doing it to centers where they feel like they can get it safe right now, while I still can out of fear that they’ll have to do it in other places later on,

 

ray 

how would you convince somebody to be pro life, where to keep a baby that they don’t want?

 

Jennifer Lavrenz 

I think just knowing that they matter to individual, the mom dad, and that people are surrounding them in financial ways, in emotional ways, I think that would help them see that they’re not alone.

 

Brian Thomas: You go through and you give them housing they need. Housing, Roman assistance, Catholic Charities, whatever that might be. You provide them with the free resources. 

 

Thang Do: The simplest thing is that if they here, if they here, their parent chose life.