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Attendees to Thursday's Vitae luncheon stand and bow their head in prayer before the start of formal actiivities at the annual fundraising banquet and Capitol Plaza Hotel.
Anti-abortion groups were not ready for the post-Roe era, talk show host Steve Deace told the crowd before him.
As examples, Deace, the guest speaker at the annual Vitae Foundation fundraiser, talked about recent successful constitutional amendments protecting abortion access in Michigan and Ohio.
