The activists could spend up to 11 years in prison for conspiring to enact a blockade at a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.

The future of the pro-life movement may depend on a move away from partisan politics. That was one conclusion of an online panel discussion on “Pro-life Movement at a Crossroads: Dobbs and a Divided Society.”

There is considerable anticipation that this year’s march could be the last one with the Roe v. Wade decision hanging in the balance before the Supreme Court.

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and sends the abortion issue back to the states, will there still be a need for the annual rally and march in Washington?

This year’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast had no political speakers and only a small political contingent in attendance, and there was little mention of an upcoming Supreme Court case involving a Mississippi abortion ban.

Johnson was originally invited to speak on behalf of the campus pro-life group. But complaints by other students about comments she'd made on race -- as well as her being at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 -- led the campus chaplain to recommend the appearance be postponed indefinitely.

It was the coldest national March for Life in some years, it was the smallest, and it also may be remembered as the bravest.

For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.

"Any religious adherent can be a victim," he said, and the oppressor can be "whoever has the power of the state behind them."

Prominent pro-life Catholics and activists are featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention.