- Well thousands gathered atthe Virginia State Capitol

on Wednesday to take astand for the unborn.

Nearly 65,000 people attended

the state's first March for Life rally.

It comes months afterGovernor Ralph Northam

and other state Democrats pushed

for extreme abortion legislation.

Although it was vetoed,

politicians and survivors shared

why all deserve a chance at life.

A 2018 Gallup poll foundonly 13% of Americans

support third-trimester abortions.

And Victoria Cobb is the president

of the Family Foundation of Virginia.

She spoke at yesterday's rally.

And she joins us now to share more.

Victoria, thank you for being with us.

- Thanks for having me.

- You just defeated an abortion bill

that gained national attention.

How difficult was it to do that?

- Well, it's unfortunate.

We saw it pass in New York,

and thankfully, that was awake-up call for Virginians,

which set our General Assembly in motion.

Really, it was an abortion-on-demand

up until the point ofbirth for any reason.

Thankfully, our GeneralAssembly's divided very narrowly

between pro-choice and pro-life ideology,

so we were able to defeat that.

But unfortunately, we can see,

by comments even made by our governor

about post-birth infanticide,

that there are so many thatstill in our leadership

that hold just absolutely abhorrent views

that are way outside themainstream of Virginians.

- Mm, yeah, and I wannacorrect something we just said.

Apparently, it was 6,500at the rally, not 65,000.

But talk a little bit about the rally,

and why did you decide

to hold the first Marchfor Life rally in Virginia

at this point in time?

- Well we were thrilled to partner

with national March for Life

and bring that event to Virginia,

because a statement needs to be made

in our state capital and in state capitals

all around the country sothat we realize abortion law

is not just made at the federal level.

It's made here at the state's.

And so we want to make a statement.

So many people came out yesterday,

just families and churches and schools.

I can't even tell you thenumbers that were here

that were simply making surethat their voices were heard

for the unborn.

And we were thrilled inthe middle of this event

the entire RepublicanHouse and Senate caucus

both walked out separatelyout of their caucus meetings

to come see this rally,because they even understood it

to be, we had one reporter describe it

as the largest non-inauguralcrowd they had seen

at the Capitol.

That's the level ofenthusiasm that was there,

and that's the statementthat was being made.

And thankfully, thelegislators took notice.

And our goal is that they take that vision

of all those pro-lifersinto their policymaking,

that they understandwhen these bills come up

these are all the people thatare going to be behind them

as they make pro-life policies

in the future.- Well,

it sounds really like quite a moment.

And I know Virginia'sbeing called a test state

on how abortion will impactthe upcoming elections.

What are your thoughts onhow this rally's turnout

and just the whole mood there shows

about late-term-abortionsentiment in the state?

- We do think the mood is shifting.

We do think people arebeginning to wake up and realize

that abortion is somethingthat we cannot tolerate

at any stage, let aloneat these late stages.

And we do, our messageyesterday was very much

about carrying this pro-lifemessage into the election.

We are going to have all 140of our State House of Delegates

and Senate seats up forelection this November.

So people will get thatfirst look as it always,

as the momentum starts to shift,

key eyes are always on Virginia

because of our off-year elections.

So we told these folksthat their voice matters,

but their vote is their voice.

And so they need to be outwith friends, neighbors,

in their churches, runningvoter registration drives,

putting out informationso that everyone knows

where every candidate standson these critical issues.

- Yeah, well the timingof Virginia's elections

being this year reallygives it a spotlight

in terms of the country.Victoria Cobb,

thanks for your time.- Thanks.