'You Love Every Child': President Trump Addresses March For Life

Anti-abortion-rights activists who gathered at the National Mall for the 45th annual rally known as the March for Life heard a history-making address from the man who has become an unlikely champion of their cause: President Trump.

Trump said he was "honored" and "proud" to be addressing the march. "The March for Life," he said, "is a movement born out of love. You love your families, you love your neighbors, you love our nation and you love every child — born and unborn — because you believe every life is sacred, that every child is a precious gift from God." He praised marchers for offering friendship, mentorship and "life itself" to women in need of support.

"Because of you, tens of thousands of Americans have been born and reached their full God-given potential. Because of you," he said.

Trump also told the crowd that "Americans are more and more pro-life, you see that all the time." In fact, 18 percent of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances and 46 percent call themselves "pro-life," according to Gallup — those numbers have been remarkably steady for decades. Forty percent believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, per Pew, and that number has also remained steady since at least the 1990s.