Georgetown Right to Life Will Lead the 2026 March for Life

The National March for Life announced Tuesday that Georgetown University Right to Life will carry the banner at the front of the 2026 March for Life in Washington, D.C.  

This unique opportunity for pro-life Georgetown students builds upon the recent growth of pro-life advocacy around the university. In the past two years, Georgetown’s pro-life club has doubled in size and expanded its activities to weekly tabling, sidewalk counseling, and diaper drives and bake sales to support pregnant mothers. Not to mention, the Jesuit university hosts the largest student pro-life conference in the nation: the Cardinal O’Connor Conference.  

This January, the Georgetown Right to Life chapter will lead tens of thousands of their fellow Americans to the U.S. Capitol as they march for the unborn. In the past, other Christian and Catholic colleges such as Liberty University, Christendom College, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Mary, have carried the banner at the front of the March for Life. Georgetown University stands out among these as a college few people consider particularly religious or pro-life. But Elizabeth Oliver, a Georgetown senior studying Classics and serving as president of the Right to Life, hopes that this special opportunity will remind her fellow students, and the country, that Georgetown, by nature of its Catholic founding, is still a pro-life school. She also sees it as a chance to encourage pro-life students at large, secular universities to be bold in defending the right to life.   

President of the March for Life, Jennie Bradley Lichter, expressed her enthusiasm to be partnering with Georgetown Right to Life. She says, “The March for Life’s energy, its real charism, is by and about young people.” During the press conference on Tuesday, Lichter spoke about the energy college students bring to the March for Life, and the joy and hope that they inspire in older generations of marchers.  

The theme for the 2026 National March for Life is “Life is a Gift.” Lichter explained that the goal of this theme is “to invite everyone, through the irrepressible joy of the March for Life, to be swept up into a movement that transcends politics, and celebrates the joy, beauty and goodness of life itself.”  

For Oliver, this theme is a reminder that the heart of the pro-life movement is a message of love. She observed, “Right now, we live in a world where a lot of people are searching for meaning and searching for purpose, and the message that your life matters is a beautiful one that people need to be reminded about.”  

This is the message that Oliver believes is central to her work with Georgetown Right to Life. She repeatedly emphasized the importance of personal encounters. She encourages the members of her club to “ask questions, to listen carefully, and to help that person feel heard,” and that “the beginning of our mission is that we care about people.”  

Georgetown Right to Life is living this out. Last year, a young student at Georgetown University found herself pregnant and in need of help. She reached out to the Right to Life club, whose members immediately responded by raising $500 to buy everything off her baby registry, and continued to walk alongside her through her pregnancy and the birth of her child.  

The increasing momentum in Georgetown University Right to Life is just one example of the way that Lichter thinks the theme “Life is a Gift” is particularly timely. She believes that to young people who are discontent and “looking for bold witness,” the March for Life offers them an opportunity to “join this band of happy warriors” and surround themselves with countless other like-minded young people. 

Oliver agrees that college students have a vital role in the pro-life movement. Considering the amount of abortions among college-age women, Oliver challenges her peers at universities around America to be the compassionate voice and “ready to walk with a woman as she tells you she’s unexpectedly pregnant—to help her feel cared for and loved.” Oliver hopes that Georgetown’s witness in leading the March for Life will “inspire more people to share their pro-life views and stick up for women and children.” 

The National March for Life takes place Jan. 23, 2026.

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