March for Women's Lives

The 2004 March for Women's Lives was, and remains, the largest DC protest event in U.S. history. With 1.4 million participants, its size was nearly double that of its predecessor, the 1992 March for Women's Lives (which drew approximately 750,000 participants).

Although sometimes portrayed only as an abortion rights march, the march was made up of a broad, multi-issue women's rights coalition. Protesters spoke out against restrictions on abortion and birth control, restrictions on same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights issues, the Iraq War, and the overall climate of anti-feminist and nationalistic conservatism that existed in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.