The big reveal came today

for the theme of the 49thAnnual March for Life.

It's "Equality Begins in the Womb."

At the group's briefing earlier today,

Ryan Bomberger, a leaderin the pro-life movement,

spoke about his own adoption into a family

of nine other adopted kids.

- 10 of us were adopted,

10 of us who were wronglyconsidered, on many levels,

less equal than others.

Most of us were unplanned,

most of us have either physicalor learning disabilities,

but none of us were unwanted.

- And joining us now is Jeanne Mancini,

president of the March for Life

Education and Defense Fund.

Jeanne, thank you for beinghere on "Faith Nation" today.

I know your group aims torestore a culture of life.

Jeanne, how does thetheme of next year's march

tie into your mission?

- Well, every year we try to discern,

what are the most pressing issues

in terms of building a culture of life?

And so past themes have involved things

like "Pro-Life is Pro-Science,"

or "Adoption: A Noble Decision."

So we really try to think about it

and come up with what is mostneeded in the present time.

And our thought going into this year

is that equality, and for some, equity,

has been part of the public conversation

to some certain rigorous degree

over these past couple of years,

whether it's racial injustices,

whether it's even COVIDprecautions and what have you.

And so we wanted to takethat very interesting

and robust conversation,but insert into it a topic

that often is not included,which is the equality

of the unborn child.

We did this and we decided on the theme

long before we knew that the Supreme Court

would be taking up the Dobbsv. Jackson Women's Health,

the Mississippi case that will be heard,

oral arguments on December 1st.

So it works out, I think,providentially and very nicely

that this is what we're talking about.

- Jeanne, on to the other case.

A new survey from a pairof Texas universities

shows 55% of Texans actuallysupport the heartbeat law

that bans abortion after six weeks.

That's the baseline,Jeanne, for independents.

When you do the breakdown,according to the demographics,

there's strong approvalby Latinos, 58%; men, 59%;

to women, 52%; amongRepublicans 74% approval.

Jeanne, these numbers, iftrue, seem to refute the idea,

one, that the law is unpopular,certainly not in Texas,

and two, the issue willhelp motivate Democrats

in the midterms.

Do these figures match whatyou're hearing and seeing?

- They do.

So listen, what we're talkingabout here is that abortion...

Well, we're working for that day

when abortion is unthinkable.

That's really what we'retalking about here.

But when you consider what's before us,

especially going back tothe Supreme Court case

for a minute, and then I'llback my way into the Texas law,

we're talking about returningabortion to the states,

in other words, letting thestates make such decisions.

So it doesn't surprise me in the least

that the Texas heartbeat law, not SB8,

which, by the way, most mediaoutlets are reporting it

'cause they don't want touse the word heartbeat,

not you all, thank you,is popular with Texans.

Of course it is.

So anyways, as we're looking at this,

I absolutely hope andpray that this is the year

where abortion decisionsgo back to the states.

- Jeanne, we only haveabout a half minute left.

Can you tell me about the moodwithin the pro-life movement,

given that you have this Texas law

and the Dobbs v. Jacksoncase coming up in December?

- I think both in tandemare rallying the grassroots.

I can't remember everseeing such enthusiasm

or even personally having such optimism

about where things could golegally at the end of this year.

The Dobbs case inparticular is just perfect

in terms of a clean casegoing before the court.

And then the Texasheartbeat law just shows us

so much about the humanityof the unborn child.

Have we ever heard people talking about

that heartbeat so muchat such an early stage?

- Jeanne Mancini with the March for Life

Education and Defense Fund.

Jeanne, thank you so muchfor being with us today.

- Oh, thanks for having me.