Staunch conservative speaker Mike Johnson says it’s a ‘pivotal’ time for the pro-life movement and Catholic Joe Biden’s views on the ‘sanctity of life’ are far from ‘clear’ after funding block of pregnancy information centers

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is a “pivotal” time for the pro-life movement in the US, slamming President Biden for cutting funding for pregnancy centers.

Johnson spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com after addressing thousands of pro-life supporters at the 51st annual March for Life in snowy Washington, DC, on Friday.

“This is a crucial time in our country to really build a culture of life,” Johnson said in the interview.

“And that obviously means caring for life at all stages, unplanned pregnancies and unborn children,” Johnson said.

It’s been almost a year and a half since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion back to the states to decide. And abortion is at the center of the 2024 election.

“I’m not sure what Joe Biden believes,” the speaker responded when asked about outspoken Catholic Joe Biden’s views on abortion.

“He hasn’t really been clear lately,” he added Biden’s work to limit funding to pregnancy resource centers — pro-life facilities that help mothers cope with unexpected pregnancies.

“I can tell you that this week we passed a bill in the House of Representatives that will provide and continue to provide resources to these pregnancy centers, and they desperately need them,” the Republican said.

“There will be a regulation from the Biden administration to stop that, to prevent states from using that big aid to families in need.”

He said that helping life means all stages of human life: from the womb to the grave.

We must care for mothers and families, he added, as well as remove “barriers to adoption” – including by helping to raise children.

‘The work is broad and we all need to be involved. So it’s encouraging to see so many people here from all over the country who understand that and want to be a part of that.”

Johnson spoke as snow continued to fall around him, covering the National Mall during the annual March for Life.

He went on to say that he believes in the “sanctity” of every human life.

The speaker says that this is evident not only from the Bible text, but also from the “birth certificate of our nation, the Declaration of Independence.”

We must remember that this is the “fundamental principle of our country,” he continued.

‘God is the one who gives us our rights, not the government. We would do well to remember that that is the fundamental truth that has made us different, exceptional, and the greatest nation in the history of the world.”

Johnson has kept his faith at the center of the way he lives his life and his leadership style on Capitol Hill.

“I am a Bible-believing Christian,” he has previously proclaimed.

Johnson was elected in October to lead the House of Representatives majority, receiving all 220 votes of Republicans in the House after the historic impeachment of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Since then, he has had the challenging task of shepherding bills and priorities through a chaotic conference.

On Friday, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a short-term spending bill that would avoid a shutdown deadline, despite strong opposition from hardline conservatives.

The continuing resolution, or CR, funds the government through March 1 for four agencies and through March 8 for the remaining eight, at fiscal year 2023 levels enacted under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The measure passed 314-108, with Democrats joining Republicans in crossing the finish line. 106 Republicans voted against the measure in protest.