The march and rally, called by the National Organization for Women and several other sponsoring organizations, will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at Upper Senate Park at Constitution and Delaware streets in Washington, D.C. After a rally at the gathering point, the march will proceed to the mall on the Capitol grounds where a women's health fair, also sponsored by NOW, is taking place. Booths at the fair will present information on the RU-486 "morning after" pill, contraception, attacks on abortion rights, and related topics, according to NOW national spokesperson and Action vice president Loretta Kane. Buses are being organized from a number of cities, including six from New York. Students at Hunter College and New York University are organizing to participate.

Kane told the Militant in a phone interview that NOW's national board called this action because of the "numerous attacks on women and really upon all people under the Bush administration." She added, "Because of the power of a mass action, when you get people together explaining that safe legal abortion must be accessible, you know we are part of a movement--not a handful--but the majority. There are many organizations and campuses on a local level involved in outreach for this action who will continue working at home on the state level afterwards."

Information on the march is available on NOW's web page at www.now.org.
 
 
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