On Saturday, April 25, about one thousand Alaskans gathered downtown Anchorage to protest the legalized killing of unborn children. The 2026 Alaska March for Life started at 12:00 p.m. at Anchorage Lutheran Church and ended at the Delaney Park strip at the intersection of 9th Ave and E St.
The group held a rally following the march, featuring President of March for Life Jenni Lichter, Pro-Life Democrat Terrisa Bukovinac, Father James Moore of Holy Family Cathedral, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox, Paster Gabriel Webb of Response Church, President of Students for Life at Holy Rosary Academy Giovanni Moceri-Guillen, Reverend David Terwilliger of All Saints Episcopal Church, National Speaker Priscilla Hurley, Care Pregnancy Center Executive Director Greg Monrad, and President of Alaska Family Council Jim Minnery.
The rally began with the National Anthem sung by the Holy Rosary Academy Choir and the Pledge of Allegiance led by the American Heritage Girls.
Several protesters came on stage to speak about their signs and why they showed up for the march. The signs had messages such as “Fatherhood begins in the womb,” “In the face of evil, we stand,” “You were once a fetus,” “Pray to end abortion,” “The violence of abortion must end,” and “life is a gift.”
The rally was attended by a wide variety of people: conservatives and liberals, Christians and atheists, teenagers and seniors, rich and poor, mothers and fathers. All were united in defense of the inalienable right to life for all.
Candidates for Governor Matt Heilala, Shelley Hughes, and Adam Crum shared their pro-life convictions. Heilala told the crowd how his mother was pressured to abort him, but she chose life. Hughes shared her testimony of her pro-life beliefs being challenged when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant. She chose life for her son and encourages others who chose life to share their testimonies. Crum expressed a vision of a world where “abortion is never an option, because these babies are loved and God is good.”
One of the speakers, Terrisa Bukovinac, said, “I am a leftist and an atheist… They are trying to divide us, but there is a literal genocide of the unborn.” Terrisa then invited her husband on stage with her original song “Pro-Life Revolution.”
“When I stand here, I’m not talking about policy or politics. I’m talking about my wife. My family,” stated Stephen Cox, speaking as a husband and a father. He shared that his mother-in-law was encouraged to abort her youngest child, but she did not listen. She chose life for Cristina, who now has a beautiful family of her own with Stephen.
Priscilla Hurley shared her journey as a woman who survived an abortion attempt, had two abortions of her own, and worked in an abortion clinic until her life took a 180 after another near-death experience. She became a Christian after surviving a near fatal car crash, and from that moment on, she saw abortion for the evil that it is.
In an interview with Fox News in 2024, Priscilla stated, “As an abortion survivor, there’s always that layer of, ‘I’m not seen, I’m not valued’ where you don’t really think your voice matters. I finally found my voice at the age of 30, and I decided to have my son.”
The 2026 Alaska March for Life was a powerful display of people united against the injustice of abortion.
