| has gloss | eng: The March for Womens Lives was a demonstration for reproductive rights and womens rights, held April 25, 2004 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. The National Park Service no longer makes official estimates of attendance after the Million Man March controversy in 1994, so official estimates are often speculation. March organizers estimated that 1.15 million people participated; others estimated no more than 800,000 marchers, with the Associated Press and the BBC putting the figure between 500,000 and 800,000, comparable to the Million Man March of 1995. Major themes included "anger at the anti-woman policies imposed by President Bush including the passage of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003 and the urgency of a presidential election season. Pro-Life protesters were present in some places along the march route. |
