Theme for 2026 March for Life Revealed

The new president of the March for Life announced that the theme for the 53rd annual march is “Life is a Gift.” On Jan. 23, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to march to bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of abortions that occur in the United States each year and to convince people of the sacredness of human life.  

The organization also announced that Grammy-nominated Christian rock band Sanctus Real will perform at a pre-march rally. Friends of Club 21 Choir, a group of young adults from Colorado with Down syndrome, will sing the national anthem. And Sarah Hurm, a mother who began to abort her child using the abortion pill, will give the featured testimony, sharing how she changed her mind and saved her baby with the abortion pill reversal procedure.  

Jennie Bradley Lichter, the new president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, shared her vision for the 53rd March for Life at a news conference on Tuesday.  

“Our goal,” Lichter shared, “is to invite everyone to 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.”  

She emphasized that the theme, Life is a Gift, speaks to the heart: “We want to draw people in by emphasizing what makes the march so powerful: joy, unity and radiant hope of tens of thousands of people coming together.” 

For 53 years, pro-life supporters have come together for this event. Lichter believes the march continues to flourish after all these years because “it is rooted in this fundamental conviction that life is a gift. That is a core human truth, and that truth has immense staying power.”  

Last year, JD Vance made his first public appearance at the march as the vice president. He joined the rally stage with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.  

The organization shared that while President Donald Trump hasn’t yet made plans to attend this year, he voiced his support for life and the march last year via video. He pledged that in his second term he would “stand proudly for families and for life.”  

The group expects to announce more speakers as it gets closer to January. 

The March for Life Education and Defense Fund is the organization that powers the public demonstration every year. It operates year-round, organizing small state marches across the country and lobbying for pro-life policies. 

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