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President Donald Trump is predicted to deal with Friday’s March for Life rally in individual, making him the primary sitting president to attend the Washington protest in opposition to the landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling in its 47-year historical past.
The rally begins simply earlier than his impeachment trial within the Senate resumes with one other day of proof from Home Democrats, who on Thursday laid out a forceful argument for the first article of impeachment against the president.
Trump made his announcement to attend the protest in a Twitter publish Wednesday, the 47th anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court docket choice that legalized abortions.
“See you on Friday…Huge Crowd!” Trump mentioned, replying to a tweet from the March for Life account selling the occasion.
Different presidents have addressed the rally through cellphone or by a video message.
The rally — one of many anti-abortion motion’s premier occasions — has been held yearly since 1974, a yr after the Roe ruling.
Well being and Human Companies Secretary Alex Azar mentioned in a statement Thursday that the White Home is the “most pro-life administration on this nation’s historical past.”
“We’re proud to be ‘the Division of Life’ and can proceed defending life and lives whereas upholding the basic freedoms and…