Overview

• The annual gathering filled the Pennsylvania State Capitol steps in Harrisburg with a worship service, an 11 a.m. rally, and a noon march.
• Organizers said the event draws thousands each year and urged attendees to mobilize around judicial retention votes this fall and next year's races.
• Many Republican lawmakers addressed the crowd in support of stricter limits, while abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania up to six months.
• Flyers distributed at the event encouraged voting for Republican judges and voting out Democratic judges in retention elections.
• Speakers promoted support for pregnancy resource centers and a school curriculum bill on early human development, and they opposed efforts to revise the Abortion Control Act.