The National March for Life drew thousands of people on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Several speakers provided powerful testimonies, including one mother of four children who reversed her intake of the chemical abortion pill.
Sarah Hurm, a pro-life speaker and advocate, provided an approximately four-minute speech about her experience when she became pregnant with her fourth child at the age of 26. She explained that the father’s judgmental response to her pregnancy made her “feel trapped and alone.”
“He said, ‘26 years old, four kids, three different dads. That doesn’t look good,’” Hurm told the massive March for Life audience before her.
He said his words “drove her to the abortion facility,” which offered no help, counseling, or guidance.
“My only choice was to schedule an abortion and pay them. So, that’s what I did. It was a chemical abortion.”
During Hurm’s ultrasound at the abortion clinic and before she took the abortion pill, a facility worker told her something that she never forgot:
“You are lucky the heartbeat bill hadn’t passed because if it had, we wouldn’t be able to continue. We detect a strong heartbeat.”
After Hurm took the pill, however, she immediately regretted it. She “broke down” in her car, and could
