Dozens of House Republicans gathered for a news conference Friday to celebrate the Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

With women lawmakers at the front of the stage, they hailed the ruling overturning Roe v Wade as a victory for the pro-life moment and vowed to keep fighting for anti-abortion causes. 

“Today's historic Supreme Court decision is a victory for the sanctity of life. It will save countless innocent children. House Republicans are incredibly grateful for the pro-life movement’s tireless efforts for decades, leading to this day to give a voice to the voiceless and protect our most vulnerable unborn babies,” said House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik. “As a new mom, I know there is nothing more extraordinary than the miracle of life. Hearing Sam's heartbeat for the first time – I’m gonna cry – was the greatest blessing and gift for our family.”

“Hallelujah. I woke up this morning praying for this,” said freshman Rep. Mayra Flores, who was just sworn in this week and also delivered remarks in Spanish. “If we want to see real change in bringing crime down, we need to raise a generation to respect life in the womb.”

“This is certainly a day that pro-lifers have been waiting for for 49 years,” said Rep. Michelle Fischbach.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the top Republican on the House Energy and Committee, railed against a House-passed bill to codify Roe and other Democratic policies, accusing Democrats of “forcing an extreme agenda on America.”

Rep. Chris Smith, one of the leading anti-abortion voices in the GOP who is the sponsor of a 20-week nationwide abortion ban, called it a “brand new opportunity to defend the weakest and most vulnerable from the violence of abortion.”

“While this is a major step forward … we’re in an area where we've got to fight even harder to defend these innocent children,” Smith said.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy called for a “peaceful reaction” to the ruling and said the Department of Justice “must step up to protect our justices, their family, churches and pro-life pregnancy centers from unprovoked violence.”

When asked by CNN about what bills he would put on the floor if the GOP recaptures the majority, McCarthy did not commit to putting any specific pieces of anti-abortion legislation on the House floor.

“We will continue to look wherever we can go to save as many lives as possible,” McCarthy said. 

But after the presser, Rep. Ann Wagner told CNN that she has reassurance that one of the very first bills a GOP-led House would vote on is her “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act”, which requires medical care to be given to an infant that survives an attempted abortion, even though medical care would already be required under such a scenario.