Anti-abortion

Organizers of the March for Life are asking their supporters nationwide not to gather in Washington this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest

President Donald Trump became the first president on Friday to speak at the annual March for Life event.

President Donald Trump plans to become the first president to appear at the March for Life in person. Added security will impact Friday’s morning commute on both the roads and the rails. News4’s Cory Smith spoke with people who plan to rally alongside the president.

An abortion provider who previously worked in Germantown, Maryland, opened a clinic Tuesday in Bethesda. Anti-abortion activists held protests and prayer vigils. “This is a war. And this is a battle that has worked in the past,” one speaker outside the clinic said. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law.

Attorneys for an Indiana woman found guilty of killing the premature infant she delivered after ingesting abortion-inducing drugs will ask an appeals court Monday to throw out the convictions that led to her 20-year prison sentence.