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Vice President JD Vance called back to his past comments about parenting while addressing his wife’s pregnancy at the 2026 March for Life rallyAt the previous year’s rally, JD made the case that he wants to see “more babies” in the United StatesOne year later, on Friday, Jan. 23, he called attention to how second lady Usha Vance is now expecting their fourth child, bragging that he “practices what he preaches”

Vice President JD Vance is arguing that second lady Usha Vance‘s pregnancy proves he is a man of his word.

At the 2026 March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 23, JD referenced his comments at last year’s event, when he told the crowd, “Let me say very simply: I want more babies in the United States of America.”

“I want more happy children in our country,” he added at the time, “and I want beautiful young men and women who are eager to welcome them into the world and eager to raise them.”

Now that he and Usha are expecting their fourth child, a boy, JD told this year’s rallygoers, “So let the record show, you have a vice president who practices what he preaches.”

JD and Usha share three children already: Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel, 4.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his family, including wife Usha Vance, visit the Taj Mahal.

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During his remarks at the March for Life on Friday, JD suggested that people find their purpose in life by becoming parents.

“To our fellow Americans we say, you’re never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen,” he said. “But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life.”

He also announced that his administration was seeking a “historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy,” which prevents foreign groups receiving U.S. global health funding from providing or promoting abortion.

The administration is “expanding this policy to protect life,” the vice president told the crowd.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the 2026 March for Life rally in Washington, DC.

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President Donald Trump also addressed the anti-choice rally in a recorded video.

“We’re bringing back faith in America,” Trump, 79, said in his remarks. “We’re bringing back God. We have stopped forced taxpayer funding of abortion at home and abroad.”

Rachana Desai Martin, the chief U.S. program officer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, expressed strong disapproval of expanding the Mexico City Policy, telling NBC News in a statement that it’s “a stunning abdication of basic human decency.”

“President Trump and his anti-abortion administration would rather let people starve to death in the wake of famine and war than let anyone in the world get an abortion — or even receive information about it,” Desai Martin said. “People are already dying because of this administration’s slashing of foreign assistance. Now, they’re making it harder for doctors and aid workers to provide food, water, and lifesaving medical care.”

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PEOPLE previously reported on a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last February, which showed that domestically, there was “higher than expected infant mortality in states after adoption of abortion bans.”

The increase from 2012 to 2023 was 5.6%, and was higher among Black infants, a group that’s already at a higher risk of infant death.