{"id":2549698,"date":"2026-01-23T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:40:41","slug":"mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Tells March for Life Attendees His Teen Parents Were Told to Abort Him, Is &#8216;Eternally Grateful&#8217; They Refused"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-5%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2549698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House speaker Mike Johnson told attendees at the annual March for Life that he was the product of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-2\/\" title=\"... Tells ... for ... ... His Teen Parents Were Told to Abort Him, Is &#039;Eternally ...&#039; They Refused\">unplanned teen pregnancy<\/a> a year before Roe v. Wade, saying his parents resisted pressure to end the pregnancy and he&#8217;s grateful for the chance at life. He urged protection of what he called the &#8220;unalienable right to life,&#8221; criticized abortion providers and funding he says skirted the Hyde Amendment, and praised recent legislation in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >working families tax cut<\/a>&#8221; for defunding what he called &#8220;Big Abortion.&#8221; Vice President J.D. Vance also addressed the march, framing the issue as a defense of civilization and religion, arguing that the left discourages marriage and families and that life and family are gifts central to society. Both speakers emphasized moral and political opposition to abortion and called for continued public advocacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday d with attendees the story of a life that almost was not &mdash; his own.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson spoke Friday at the annual March for Life, held around the date of the since-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that claimed a legal right to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe, in January of 1972, and a lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just &lsquo;take care of that problem,&rsquo; but I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life,&rdquo; Johnson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2014759318185242707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> posted to X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Johnson: &ldquo;I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe. A lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just take care of that problem. But I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdrAS0acH9\">pic.twitter.com\/sdrAS0acH9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2014759318185242707?\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he was thankful for the sacrifices of his parents, especially since many others in his generation were not afforded the same love.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think of the millions of children that did not have that same opportunity. And every single child deserves the opportunity to fulfill their God-given potential. And it is up to us to defend that freedom and that right, that essential freedom to be born, the unalienable right to life that is imperiled in our generation,&rdquo; he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/mike-johnson-claims-he-was-nearly-aborted-by-teen-parents-while-addressing-march-for-life-crowd\/\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told marchers he was &ldquo;grateful you are willing to march and stand and speak for that issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to say that all that is changing because of you, and despite the special interests that fund abortion, and despite the voices that tell you to look away from the beating heart, and despite all those who continue to deny the truth, you are here and we are here and we stand together for life,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused\/\" title=\"... Tells ... for ... ... His Teen Parents Were Told to Abort Him, Is &#039;Eternally ...&#039; They Refused\">abortion industry finally suffered<\/a> a setback this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years now, we know Medicaid funds have skirted the essential protections under the Hyde Amendment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-sen-rand-paul-demands-nih-preserve-all-documents-communications-in-faucis-possession\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul Demands NIH Preserve All ...s, Communications In Fauci\u2019s Possession\">funneled tax dollars<\/a> to abortion providers. And we said no more. And in the working families tax cut, the &lsquo;Big Beautiful Bill,&rsquo; for the first time ever, we finally defunded Big Abortion, and it was a long time coming,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We stand here today to say the federal government should not be subsidizing any industry that profits from the elimination of human life,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance also addressed the assembled marchers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The March for Life, my friends, it&rsquo;s not just about a political issue. As important as all this politics stuff is, it is about whether we will remain a civilization under God or whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past,&rdquo; he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/commentaries\/jd-vance-speech-2026-march-for-life\">National Catholic Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, the far left in this country tells our young people that marriage and children are obstacles; that it&rsquo;s irresponsible, even immoral, because of climate change or some other reason, to encourage our young people to raise a family. They tell us that life itself is a burden. But we here at this march know that it&rsquo;s a lie,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;The March For Life, my friends, is not about just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-tells-march-for-life-attendees-his-teen-parents-were-told-to-abort-him-is-eternally-grateful-they-refused-3\/\" title=\"... Tells ... for ... ... His Teen Parents Were Told to Abort Him, Is &#039;Eternally ...&#039; They Refused\">political issue&#038;hellip<\/a>; it is about whether we will remain a civilization under God, or whether we will ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past.&rdquo; &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?\">@VP<\/a> JD Vance &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbqQPlpyo4\">pic.twitter.com\/CbqQPlpyo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2014779414437916954?\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know that life is a gift. 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