The Pro-Life Generation: Joyful and Just Getting Started

‘It was one of the happiest days of my life.’

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Pro-life demonstrators celebrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization abortion case overturning Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022.

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Each year, hundreds of young right-wingers flock to Washington, D.C., to hear from the great leaders of the movement at Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference. Notably, there was something missing from last week’s gathering — the 44th NCSC in YAF’s history. The specter of Roe v. Wade no longer haunted the attendees.

On the first full day of the conference, former vice president Mike Pence told the crowd that after “50 years of heartbreak, 50 years praying and fasting and working and volunteering and caring, last month, at long last, with the support of three Supreme Court justices appointed during the Trump–Pence administration, we sent Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs.”

Charles Hilu

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Charles Hilu

Charles Hilu is a national affairs reporter at National Review. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he previously worked at the Washington Free Beacon and The Dispatch before joining National Review in 2026.

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