[News-releases] "The March for Women's Lives" Unveiled as New Namefor March on April 25, 2004

NOW Press Office
202-628-8669 Lisa Bennett, x 123
202-785-8576 (fax)

"The March for Women's Lives" Unveiled as New Name for March on April 25, 2004

December 17, 2003

Washington D.C. - Leading women's rights organizations announced a new name 
for the April 25, 2004 national march: The March for Women's Lives. The 
name change reflects the urgency of the issue and the huge diversity of the 
groups co-sponsoring the march. The new name better represents the broad 
agenda of those who support women's reproductive health, justice, and 
freedom, as well as access to family planning and abortion.

"The March for Women's Lives" addresses the assaults on women's rights and 
lives, both nationally and globally, that restrict women's access to 
reproductive health services and limit women's ability to have a child or 
to end a pregnancy.

March for Women's Lives is now one of the fastest growing sites on 
MeetUp.com. Already over 570 organizations have signed on to co-sponsor the 
March for Women's Lives, and the list grows daily. The groups represent a 
wide range of women's, civil rights, labor, lesbian and gay, disability, 
people of color, campus and religious groups, as well as health clinics and 
services providers. Unprecedented numbers of people from all walks of life 
are expected to mobilize in Washington, D.C. to have their voices heard.

As the anti-choice agenda expands, the lives and health of women have never 
before faced such peril. On April 25, 2004, we will converge on Washington 
D.C., to deliver a message to the country. We will not allow women's lives 
to be lost or ruined by unjust laws and insensitive regulations promulgated 
by those who put women last!

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March for Women's Lives
1725 I (Eye) Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20006
202-349-3838 (phone)
202-349-3839 (fax)
www.marchforwomen.org

March Organizers:
Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Organization for 
Women, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Co-sponsoring Partners:
Black Women's Health Imperative, Center for Reproductive Rights, National 
Abortion Federation, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health 
Association, National Partnership for Women and Families and National 
Women's Law Center

Co-sponsoring Organizations:
http://www.marchforchoice.org/content/index.php?pid=41