From The Magazine: Why the Head of the Antiabortion March for Life Will Keep Marching
The national march takes place in Washington every year, on or near the Jan. 22 anniversary of the 1973decision. It has grown into one of the largest annual demonstrations in the nation’s capital and a focal point of the campaign to end abortion, drawing tens of thousands of people to march from the National Mall to the Supreme Court.
Mancini was already thinking about what antiabortion advocates must do to be ready for their wildest dream to come true. The end ofwould not mean the end of abortion, so redoubled efforts in the states would be key. But what would be the new purpose of the march?decision would be enough. After the Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 22, 1973, she quit her career as a federal lawyer and became a full-time crusader, staging the first march on Jan. 22, 1974.
She grew up mostly in Northern Virginia, where she attended a Catholic retreat in high school that she says. It made her feel closer to God, and she sensed “that there was more of a mission … for my life.” In college, she knew at least two women who had been emotionally devastated in the aftermath of terminating their pregnancies.
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