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Newly inaugurated U.S. Vice President JD Vance will speak at the 52nd-annual March for Life on Jan. 24 in Washington, D.C., according to a news release from the March for Life Education and Defense Fund on Thursday afternoon.

Vance, who is the nation’s second Catholic vice president, will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune among the speakers at the event.

This is the first time Vance will address the National March for Life in Washington, D.C.

He previously spoke, as a U.S. senator, at the 2023 Ohio March for Life. This is the third national March for Life since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“We are thrilled that Vice President Vance has chosen the National March for Life for his first public appearance in his new role — a sign of his commitment to standing up for life,” March for Life President Jeanne Mancini and President-elect Jennie Bradley