Photo by AnyaLogic

A number of D.C. roads will be closed today for the 40th Annual March for Life. Organizers hope that the event will attract more than the 400,000 people that descended upon D.C. last year; this year’s event coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

The march will start at noon with a rally on the National Mall between Seventh and Ninth Streets NW, before proceeding to the Supreme Court along Constitution Avenue. Starting at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 6:30 p.m., the following roads will be closed:

Starting at 9:30 a.m.:
Maryland Ave NE from Constitution Avenue to First Street NE
First Street NE from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue SE
Third Street NW from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue NW
Fourth Street NW from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue NW
Seventh Street NW from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue NW

From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.:
F Street NW between Seventh and 12th Streets
12th Street NW between F Street and Constitution Avenue

From 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.:
Constitution Ave NW from 3rd Street to 9th Street NW
Constitution Ave from 3rd Street NW to 1st Street NE
3rd Street NW from C Street to Constitution Avenue NW
6th street NW from Pennsylvania Avenue to Constitution Avenue NW
6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, no traffic east on Pennsylvania Avenue
7th Street NW from Pennsylvania Avenue to Constitution Avenue NW

Abortion remains a delicate issue locally. Last year Virginia officials passed a law mandating that women seeking an abortion get an ultrasound, and congressional officials repeatedly forbid D.C. from spending its own money on funding abortions. (The House also approved a late-term abortion ban for D.C. last year.) And though many people are expected today, you know who won’t be there? This guy.