Join all Indiana dioceses for the annual state March for Life on Jan. 22

Participants promote the sanctity of life during the Indiana March for Life in Indianapolis on Jan. 22. (File photo by Natalie Hoefer)

By Natalie Hoefer

The annual Indiana March for Life and associated events will take place on Jan. 22 in Indianapolis.

Youths and pro-life advocates from all five of Indiana’s dioceses will participate in the event, which solemnly commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country.

The Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned the legal issue of abortion back to individual states. On Aug. 1, 2023, a law abolishing most abortions went into effect in Indiana.

But the battle for the sacredness of life in the womb is far from over in the state.

On Dec. 5, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld an order preventing the Indiana Department of Health from releasing terminated pregnancy reports, rendering it impossible to confirm the state’s laws restricting abortion are being adhered to.

Former Planned Parenthood abortion centers still provide referrals for out-of-state abortions and offer services that disrespect the dignity of life.

And while Marc Tuttle, president of Right to Life of Indianapolis, noted at the organization’s Celebrate Life Dinner on Sept. 25 that the number of abortions reported in Indiana in 2024 was 145—down from 8,000 the year before the Dobbs decision—that still leaves 8,000 women in a crisis pregnancy who need help.

Schedule of events

The day starts with a rally for youths in grades eight through 12 from throughout the state. It is organized by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, with involvement and financial support from the state’s four other dioceses.

The rally will take place from 9-11 a.m. in the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave., in Indianapolis. This year’s keynote address will be given by Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart, foundress of the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, with praise and worship music by the Nico Cabrera Band. The sacrament of reconciliation will also be available.

The youth rally is free, but registration is required by Jan. 15, 2026, at archindyym.com/youth-rally-for-life.

Following the rally, all are invited to worship at a Mass for Life at 11:30 a.m. in the convention center, concelebrated by the bishops of Indiana. No registration is required to worship at the Mass.

Right to Life of Indianapolis is coordinating the remaining events of the day—the Indiana March for Life and a post-march rally.

The Indiana March for Life will begin at 1:45 p.m. at the corner of Georgia and Illinois streets. It will conclude with a rally on the south steps of the Statehouse from 2:30-3 p.m.

For more information, go to tinyurl.com/INMFL2026. †