Today in Feminist History: ’92 abortion rights march

photo from march, group of people holding large purple banner with the words We won't go back We will fight back Photo from NOW
On April 5, 1992, several hundred thousand (reports range from NOW’s estimate of 750,000 to other sources estimate of 300,000) people marched on Washington in support of abortion rights. It was one of the largest marches on Washington up until that point.
The March was timed with the Supreme Court’s consideration of a Pennsylvania law that placed further restrictions on abortion. The case was known as Planned Parenthood vs. Casey.
The March for Women’s Lives, held in 2005 2004, surpassed the size of the 1992 march (purportedly drawing more than a million people!) and brought together a broad coalition of reproductive rights and justice groups working to improve the lives of women across the reproductive spectrum.

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