President Trump will address the annual March for Life event on the National Mall via video message Friday, while Vice President Vance will speak to the crowd in person.
The president is scheduled to visit North Carolina and California on Friday, so he will instead address the crowd via video message, organizers said.
Vance will deliver remarks in person, marking his first public appearance since taking office on Monday.
“President Trump governed as a pro-life president during his first term, which resulted in a long list of accomplishments,” March for Life leaders Jeanne Mancini and Jennie Bradley said in a statement.
“We look forward to working with him and Vice President Vance as they dismantle the Biden Administration’s aggressive and unpopular abortion agenda and once again put wins on the board for vulnerable unborn children and their mothers,” they added.
Trump in 2020 became the first sitting president to speak in person at the March for Life. The annual event brings together lawmakers and anti-abortion activists.
Others scheduled to address the March for Life crowd in person include Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Trump has repeatedly argued the issue of abortion law should be determined by individual states, criticizing certain restrictive laws as too harsh. At the same time, he has taken credit for nominating three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
None of Trump’s initial spate of executive orders signed in his first three days in office were targeted at restricting abortion access. Advocates expect Trump to reinstate the so-called Mexico City Policy, which blocks nongovernmental organizations that provide abortions from receiving federal funding.
