
US Vice President Mike Pence -- along with his wife, Karen, and their daughter Charlotte -- arrive on the National Mall before the start of the "March for Life" on Friday, January 27. The anti-abortion protest has taken place every year since the Supreme Court ruled abortion legal in 1973.

People gather at the Washington Monument to hear Pence speak at the march.

Participants march near the National Mall.

Thousands of people rally on the National Mall before the start of the march.

Pence addresses the crowd before the start of the march. While governor of Indiana, he signed some of the most restrictive abortion legislation into law.

Marchers hold signs near the Washington Monument.

Kellyanne Conway, senior aide to President Donald Trump, speaks at the rally.

A participant holds up a rosary outside the Supreme Court. Anti-abortion activists are looking to Trump as he is set to nominate a new Supreme Court justice in the coming weeks.