March for Life president steps down to become 'full-time mom'

March for Life president steps down to focus on family Jennie Bradley Lichter, the president of the March for Life, is stepping down to devote more time to her family as a “full-time mom,” the leader said this week.

“I have been humbled and inspired by the stories — so many stories, everywhere I go — of how the March for Life has changed people’s minds and hearts, how for so many Marchers it has sparked a lifetime of action and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, and in some cases, how it has changed the entire trajectory of their lives,” Bradley Lichter wrote in a farewell statement .

She and her husband “are raising two tweens and a rising kindergartner, and it has become very clear that my family needs more of my time and my active presence than I’m able to give while leading the March for Life,” she said in the statement

“My most important titles of all are not ‘President’ — but ‘wife’ and ‘Mom,’” she said.

Bradley Lichter said that her role has been “the highlight of my professional life.”

The resignation is effective July 31. The March for Life Board is actively searching for a new president.

The annual demonstration draws tens of thousands to the nation’s capital…