March for choice in D.C. on April 5!
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Women's rights are under attack. Their very lives are in danger once again. As a result of state and federal legislation, some 44 million women in this country have already had their right to abortion severely restricted.
Now, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on a case from Pennsylvania that could gut or even overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
But supporters of women's choice are fighting back. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is sponsoring a giant March for Women's Lives on Saturday, April 5, in Washington, D.C. The Court See pp. 4-7 and the politicians will be put on notice that women will accept nothing less than safe, legal, and accessible abortion and birth control.
In a message sent out to thousands of women's rights supporters around the country, NOW President Patricia Ireland pointed out: "The March for Women's Lives is an opportunity to increase the size and visibility of this struggle. We can mobilize the anger and frustration felt by women and men across the country about the threat to abortion rights and the continued denial of equal rights.
"And we can mobilize it in such a masNEVER GO BACK!
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