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Trump, Unlikely Champion Of Anti-Abortion Rights Movement, To Address March For Life

Despite his history of previously expressing support for abortion rights, Trump carefully courted social conservatives and abortion-rights opponents.

As anti-abortion rights activists gather at the National Mall for the 45th annual rally known as the March for Life, they'll hear a history-making address from the man who's become an unlikely champion of their cause: President Trump.

Trump is scheduled to speak live via satellite from the White House Rose Garden before marchers begin their walk through the nation's capital in protest of legalized abortion.

A statement from Planned Parenthood condemns Trump's participation in

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