Marty Martin wasn’t the only Ohioan who felt like he got a “punch in the gut” on November 7, 2023. Nearly a year later, in October 2024, the Steubenville teacher and thousands of other pro-lifers (including some of his students) converged on Capitol Square in Columbus for the Ohio March for Life. It was the third iteration of the event, which began after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision permitted states to regulate abortion. And it was the first since what Kate Makra, executive director of Cleveland Right to Life, similarly described as the “gut punch” of the state’s decisive vote in favor of enshrining a right to abortion in the state’s constitution.
The Ohio march was well attended on this sunny Ohio fall day. In the shadow of the state’s undomed capitol, a vast array of pro-lifers — from legislators to veteran activists to students at the state’s many Christian schools — had come to remind Ohio that “WE’RE. STILL. HERE,” as one of their many chants that day went. Their resolve is undaunted. But with a right to kill the unborn now constitutionally prescribed, Ohio pro-lifers are trying to make sense of how that happened, what it means for abortion now, and what they can do to continue their worthy fight.
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