The 2026 national March for Life promises to bring tens of thousands of pro-life Americans to the nation’s capital to celebrate the beauty of every human person, born and unborn, with the theme “Life Is a Gift.”
That’s a universal message that speaks to the heart and cuts through the noise,” Jennie Bradley Lichter, president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said about the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington 23 January.
“It invites our marchers to join the spirit of joy and celebration that is the March for Life – a spirit inspired by the inherent goodness and beauty of life itself.”
The 2026 march is the first led by Lichter, who began serving as president last year. The event comes following the news that the new pope, Pope Leo XIV, once attended.
Pro-life chants, music and prayer mark the daylong event filled with colorful banners and handmade signs as people march around the US Capitol to the Supreme Court building.
Lichter called 2026 a “critical moment” for the march. “We applaud the many states that have stepped up to the plate and advanced laws to protect life,” she said. “But there’s still so much yet to do in transforming the culture.”
