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Many participants expressed their messages in creative ways.

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Even pets participated in the March for Women's Lives.

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A delegation from the Vienna (Va.) NOW chapter participated in the March for Women's Lives.

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A delegation from the Richmond (Va.) NOW chapter participated in the March for Women's Lives.

An estimated 1.15 million people participated in the March for Women's Lives on April 25, making it the largest demonstration in U.S. history.

Among those leading the March for Women's Lives were, from left: Lorraine Cole (Black Women's Health Imperative), Dolores Huerta (United Farm Workers of America), Kim Gandy (NOW), Anthony Romero (ACLU), Eleanor Smeal (Feminist Majority), Kate Michelman (NARAL Pro Choice America), Gloria Feldt (Planned Parenthood), former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) addressed the crowd.

Actor Whoopi Goldberg held up wire coat hangers, a symbol of women's lives lost due to illegal abortions. On the left is Cybill Shepherd and on the right is Kathleen Turner.

Many participants expressed their messages in creative ways.

NOW field organizer Lindsay Bond (center) was part of a group of young activists leading the March.

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Janeane Garofalo talked with MTV News backstage at the March.

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People of all ages participated in the March.

With homemade signs and T-shirts, many participants - including these "honeymooners for choice" - made sure their message was conveyed.

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Actor Lisa Gay Hamilton (The Practice) conferred with one of NOW's press volunteers.

A frontline of young activists lead the 2004 March for Women's Lives.

MTV News interviews NOW President Kim Gandy at the March for Women's Lives 2004.

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NOW Field Organizer Nitche Ward addressed the crowd.

Actor Christine Lahti took the stage with her daughter.

Representatives from six of the seven sponsoring organizations joined Whoopi Goldberg on the rally stage. From left: Kim Gandy (NOW), Lorraine Cole (Black Women's Health Imperative), Anthony Romero (ACLU), Goldberg, Eleanor Smeal (Feminist Majority), Kate Michelman (NARAL Pro-Choice America) and Silvia Henriquez (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health).

Actor Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were among the speakers.

Ani DiFranco gave a strong performance to the cheering crowd.

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Future abortion providers participated in the March.

Actor Frances Fisher brought her daughter to the March for Women's Lives.

Medical Students for Choice took the stage, led by Dr. Susan Wicklund, who said she was inspired by NOW's 1989 march to provide abortions in three rural states where access is almost non-existent.

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