Could it possibly be the best of times as well as the worst of times for the pro-life movement?
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs case, immediate celebration met the harsh realities of how divided the country remains on abortion. The political reaction to the Dobbs decision, with Blue States in particular enshrining abortion rights in their states, confirmed that overturning the Roe and Casey regime would not by itself change the culture. But in the past few years there have also been hopeful signs for pro-lifers intermixed with these challenges. To discuss these ever-changing developments, we can’t think of someone we would rather have on our show at a more timely moment than Jennie Bradley Lichter.
Jennie assumed the office of President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund in February, 2025. In this capacity, she proudly directs the organization responsible for the largest annual gathering of pro-lifers, the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Jennie has wide-ranging legal and policy experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including at the highest levels of the federal government. During the Trump Administration, Jennie served in the White House as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) where she supervised rule-making and policy efforts implicating a number of federal agencies. Jennie also led policy initiatives across the federal government to defend the dignity of life.
Prior to her White House service, Jennie was Deputy General Counsel at Catholic University of America, and worked on policy issues and federal judicial (including Supreme Court) confirmation efforts in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. She previously served as in-house counsel for the Archdiocese of Washington. Early in her legal career, Jennie clerked for two federal appeals court judges and was an associate at the international law firm Jones Day.
Jennie graduated from the University of Notre Dame and from Harvard Law School, and earned an M.Phil in Theology & Religious Studies from the University of Cambridge in the UK.
