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Anti-abortion rights activists march toward the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2019 March for Life in Washington, D.C. President Trump spoke at this year's rally on Friday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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President Trump To Face Friendly Crowd At March For Life

Trump has addressed the annual march remotely before, but Friday marked the first time a sitting president has spoken in person at the anti-abortion rights event.

Anti-abortion rights activists march toward the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2019 March for Life in Washington, D.C. President Trump spoke at this year's rally on Friday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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President Trump Faces Friendly Crowd At March For Life

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Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor was convicted in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial

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Six-year-old Jerry Morrison and his uncle Joey Jefferson, a NASA engineer, talk about their mutual love for learning about space, in November 2019 at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles. Courtesy of the Morrison family hide caption

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A NASA Engineer Tells 6-Year-Old Nephew To Aim High

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A photograph of Vladimir Munk, (center), taken in March 1938 before the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. After being imprisoned in concentration camps for years, Munk returned to his hometown of Pardubice, Czechoslovakia in May 1945 (right). Emily Russell/NCPR hide caption

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Holocaust Survivor Returning To Auschwitz: 'It's Like Going To The Family Cemetery'

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