Vice President Mike Pence has agreed to speak at Friday's March for Life, the anti-abortion demonstration held each year in Washington, organizers announced. In a statement late Thursday, the March for Life organization said neither a president nor a vice president has ever spoken at the event, now in its 44th year. One of President Donald Trump's top advisers, Kellyanne Conway, is also on the list of speakers. The president of the March for Life organization, Jeanne Mancini, called Pence "a friend and champion of the pro-life cause his entire career" — first as a congressman, then as Indiana governor and now as vice president. The organization has predicted tens of thousands of demonstrators would rally on the National Mall starting around midday Friday before marching to the Supreme Court.

Source: ABC News January 27, 2017 01:14 UTC