Motorcycle police escort anti-abortion demonstrators during the annual March for Life on Thursday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Anti-abortion activists stage a "die-in" in front of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Buoyed by conservative gains in the November 2014 election, the anti-abortion movement is busy mobilizing on behalf of bills in Congress and several state legislatures that would further curtail women's access to the procedure. Thursday marks the 42nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that established a nationwide right to abortion. The Associated Press
Lauren Sandy, 18, third from left, Afure Adah, 17, right, of Shanley High School in Fargo, N.D., and others pray as they attend an anti-abortion rally at the annual March for Life on Thursday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
A prayer circle forms as police guard the U.S. Supreme Court during an anti-abortion march and rally on the National Mall on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Capitol police officers line up in front of pro-abortion rights demonstrators who temporarily halted the annual March for Life on Thursday at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.
Pro-life and anti-abortion demonstrators converge in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Anti-abortion demonstrators march past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday en route to the Supreme Court during the annual March for Life.
Jeanne Basinger, of Linville, Va., who works in "after-abortion care," prays as she gets emotional while listening to speeches with other anti-abortion demonstrators during the annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
U.S. Capitol Police officers carry away a pro-abortion rights supporter who was blocking the street during the annual March for Life in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Anti-abortion demonstrators march past the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered for the march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion.
Dan Ross of Washington, who is originally from Venezuela, dressed in the "armor of God" to attend an anti-abortion rally at the annual March for Life on Thursday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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