Thousands in Washington await Trump address to anti-abortion rally


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks to the Oval Office of the White House upon his return in Washington from Pittsburgh, U.S., January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will become the third sitting U.S. president to address anti-abortion activists at the annual March for Life on Friday, highlighting his shift in recent years from a supporter of women's access to abortion to a powerful opponent.

Thousands of people, including many groups of students from Roman Catholic schools, gathered on Washington's National Mall ahead of Trump's remarks, to be broadcast via a video link from the White House Rose Garden.

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