Trump attends anti-abortion rally

Donald Trump has become the first US president to attend America’s largest annual anti-abortion rally.

He addressed thousands of protesters at the March for Life near the US Capitol where his impeachment trial is ongoing.

Mr Trump said: “We’re here for a very simple reason: to defend the right of every child born and unborn to fullfill their God-given potential.”

The annual demonstration first began in 1974 - a year after the US Supreme Court legalised abortion in Roe v Wade.

Until now no president had ever attended the march, which takes place just steps from the White House, though previous Republican presidents, i n c l u d i n g G e o r g e W Bush and Ronald Reagan, have addressed the group remotely.