As she walked through Washington, D.C., with others in the March for Life last week, Marilyn Barrett couldn't help but notice the large number of young marchers joining her in the ranks.

There was increased attention around this year's march, and that appeared to resonate with younger pro-life advocates."It's the pro-life generation now. I have white hair, and you're seeing all this dark hair in the crowd - young people from different universities across the United States," Barrett said.Barrett traveled to Washington with about 50 residents of Schuylkill and Carbon counties who make the trip each year for the March for Life.Bennett said she was inspired by young women she saw carrying signs identifying themselves as pro-life feminists. She said she felt left out of the Women's March that took place Jan. 21."I said 'Well the pro-lifers weren't really wanted at the march,' " she told a family member. "It was on TV, a girl from, I think it was 'students for life' was turned down."The Rev. Edward B. Connolly, pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Ashland, has been attending the march for 30 years. He too noticed a group of college students, and their passion."I said 'I can't believe, this is an endless crowd,'" he said. "Their faces were exuberant. It made me feel good for the future."Connolly said that the election of Trump, who identifies as pro-life, has re-energized the movement, with hopes of him appointing Supreme Court justices who will oppose Roe v. Wade."If Hillary had been elected, I still would have gone, but I think a lot of people would have not," he said.Trump made statements on both sides of the issue during the presidential campaign, but it appears that he will appoint a pro-life justice to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.The Supreme Court's lifetime appointments are intended to protect it from a single president. Barack Obama and George W. Bush each only appointed two justices during their presidency. Connolly said that the current justices' ages leads him to believe more could be replaced during the Trump administration."The other justices are getting old, I wish them good health, but maybe they will be replaced in Trump's term," he said.Friday's march was the first time that either Bennett or Connolly had recalled a sitting vice president speaking at the march. Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway was also a big draw.But Bennett was most inspired by Mia Love, a Haitian-American who is the first black member of congress from Utah.Love told the story how her parents, immigrants from Haiti, considered abortion when they found they were pregnant with her."She really inspired the crowd with her words," Bennett said. "The saddest words that have ever been written were 'it might have been.' "