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choice demonstrations in San Francisco; Columbus, Ohio; Trenton, N.J.; and Tallahassee, Fla., increased the confidence of participants that the anti-choice minority's efforts to curtail abortion rights can be defeated. Unfortunately, the election of such "pro-choice" candidates as Lawrence Douglas Wilder (Virginia), Jim Florio (New Jersey), and David Dinkins (New York City) was widely misunderstood.
Many activists have mistakenly concluded that it is possible to achieve positive change by electing "good" Democrats. In reality, these politicians have only declared themLOS ANGELES-About 100,000 pro-choice activists demonstrated here in the country's second-largest rally on Nov. 12 for a woman's right to choose an abortion. Organized by the Greater Los Angeles Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, the rally featured a line-up of celebrities, including Norma McCorvey, the real "Jane Roe" in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. "After 16 years," McCorvey told the crowd, "the abortion battle has turned to war."
The event drew people of all ages, including many families. Many of those attending told The Los Angeles Times that they had come to make sure that abortion remained legal, and that they did not want to see the clock turned back to the days when women died from botched illegal abortions.—M.D.