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A key pro-life group said the Justice Department is undermining Louisiana’s efforts to roll back the Biden administration’s restrictions on the abortion pill.

Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace for national renewal.

Leaders of several pro-life organizations at the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 23 said the Trump administration still has work to do. 

A “complex” political environment presents both challenge and opportunity for the pro-life movement, said Jennie Bradley Lichter.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, criticized the Trump administration on abortion in a statement after the March for Life.

“We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” Trump said.

The morning rally and Mass, which took place hours before the 53rd annual March for Life, drew thousands of pro-life Catholics that made up a largely youthful crowd.

“Too often … expectant and vulnerable women are essentially told that they have to choose either their child or their future,” the bishops wrote.