ABORTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will speak at Friday’s [1-19-18] March for Life, becoming the first sitting president to address the annual anti-abortion gathering by satellite in its 45-year history.
The announcement, made on Wednesday by the White House, caps a stunning evolution for Trump, who once declared himself ‘pro-choice in every respect.’ A year into his first term as president, anti-abortion groups are praising his record as one of the most supportive of their cause in recent memory…
Trump has successfully cemented his reputation among Christian conservatives even as headlines chronicle new details about past affairs and sexual dalliances, including with an adult-film actress. The president spends Sunday mornings on the golf course instead of in church, and freely employs a vocabulary that’s more Lenny Bruce than Father Flanagan.
For the anti-abortion movement, that’s all forgivable…
The Trump administration broke with precedent last year when it sent Vice President Mike Pence to address the March for Life rally, a first for a sitting vice president. President Ronald Reagan addressed the group by phone in 1987, as did President George W. Bush in 2008.
Trump will address the group from the White House Rose Garden, accompanied by young anti-abortion marchers and March for Life’s chairman, Patrick Kelly. The location carries great symbolism for the group, which used to deliver individual roses to members of Congress as part of the annual march.”
-Lorraine Woellert, “Trump’s speech to March for Life marks a U-turn on abortion,” Politico, Jan. 17, 2018 01:35pm