UM Coach Jim Harbaugh supports right to life after football win
Fresh off winning the national college football championship, University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh passionately advocated for the right to life in the nation’s capital on Friday. Speaking before thousands of marchers gathered for the annual “March for Life” rally on the National Mall, Harbaugh introduced former NFL tight end Benjamin Watson.
“It’s a great example that you’re setting. It’s testimony for the sanctity of life,” Harbaugh said to demonstrators crowded in the snow. “It’s a great day for a March! It’s a great day. This is football weather!”
Harbaugh gave the podium to Watson, who urged pro-lifers to advocate for unborn children in “the new fight for life” following the landmark Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade.
“Roe is done,” Watson said, “but we still live in a culture that knows not how to care for life.”
“Roe is done,” Watson added, “but abortion is still legal and thriving in too much of America.”
This year’s gathering marks the second annual March for Life since the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the 1973 precedent claiming a constitutional right to terminate preborn children. An analysis from the IZA Institute of Labor Economics last fall found about 32,000 babies have been saved in states that implemented the strictest abortion bans since the reversal of Roe in 2022.
Harbaugh further emphasized his commitment to life in an interview on the sidelines of the rally.
“There’s no right without the right to be born,” Harbaugh said. “No other rights matter if you don’t have the right to be born.”
Harbaugh also spoke about his team’s spiritual revival after 70 players were baptized into Christianity this season.
“There’s a spiritual mission to our team,” Harbaugh said, “and I’m inspired by them.”
The head football coach made headlines in summer 2022 just one month after the Dobbs decision when he pledged to raise any babies his staff or players couldn’t.
“I’ve told [them] the same thing I tell my kids, the boys, the girls, same thing I tell our players, our staff members,” Harbaugh said. “I encourage them if they have an unplanned pregnancy, to go through with it, go through with it. Let that unborn child be born. And if at that time, you don’t feel like you can care for it, you don’t have the means or the wherewithal, then Sarah and I will take that baby.”
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Why is Jim Harbaugh’s endorsement of the right to life significant in the ongoing battle for the rights of the unborn
Fresh off winning the national college football championship, University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh made a passionate plea for the right to life in the nation’s capital on Friday. Harbaugh addressed thousands of marchers who had gathered for the annual “March for Life” rally on the National Mall, where he introduced former NFL player Benjamin Watson.
“It’s a great example that you’re setting. It’s testimony for the sanctity of life,” Harbaugh said, speaking to the demonstrators who stood in the snow. “It’s a great day for a March! It’s a great day. This is football weather!”
After his opening remarks, Harbaugh handed the podium to Watson, who urged pro-life advocates to fight for the rights of unborn children in the wake of the landmark Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade.
“Roe is done,” Watson declared, “but we still live in a culture that knows not how to care for life.”
Watson added, “Roe is done, but abortion is still legal and thriving in too much of America.”
The March for Life, now in its second year since the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that claimed a constitutional right to terminate preborn children, serves as a platform for those advocating for the rights of the unborn. A recent study by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics found that about 32,000 babies have been saved in states that implemented the strictest abortion bans since the reversal of Roe in 2022.
Harbaugh reiterated his commitment to the right to life in an interview conducted on the sidelines of the rally.
“There’s no right without the right to be born,” Harbaugh stated firmly. “No other rights matter if you don’t have the right to be born.”
During the interview, Harbaugh also spoke about the spiritual revival his team experienced, with 70 players being baptized into Christianity this season.
“There’s a spiritual mission to our team,” Harbaugh revealed, “and I’m inspired by them.”
The rally and Harbaugh’s endorsements are significant, as they shed light on the ongoing battle for the rights of the unborn. As more and more voices join the fight, there is hope that society will move toward a culture that upholds the sanctity of life and embraces the right to be born.
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