Those planning to attend the event should prepare for the possibility of rain. Weather reports are calling for a high of 86 degrees with scattered thunderstorms.
The event is scheduled to take place rain or shine but could move to inside the Renaissance Hotel if the weather makes it necessary, according to Kristi Hamrick, vice president of media and policy for Students for Life Action.
Hamrick did not have an estimate of the number of attendees expected at the rally when CNA asked on Wednesday, but Tina Whittington, Students for Life of America’s executive vice president, told CNA in early June that thousands are expected to attend.
Former vice president and current presidential candidate Mike Pence will be speaking at the rally along with Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, who was instrumental in overturning Roe, and Dr. Alveda King, the niece of civil rights activist and icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Event speakers include Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins; Lila Rose, president of Live Action; Shawn Carney, president and CEO of 40 Days for Life; and Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, among many others. The full list of speakers can be found here.
Speaking with CNA in early June, Whittington said that the rally will be “laying out a vision of where to go next in the pro-life movement: achieving national protection for preborn Americans under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.”