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round political button, white background with purple text. "November 12th Mobilize for Women's Lives" "Across the USA & Washington, DC" Commemorates National Organization for Women's (NOW) "Mobilize for Women's Lives," march in Washington DC on November 12, 1989. The march was in response to threats to reproductive rights with Missouri's anti-abortion laws pending before the Supreme Court, and the Bush administration siding with abortion foes, explicitly urging reversal of Roe v. Wade. NOW's April 1989 March for Women's Lives drew crowds that had not been seen in Washington since the Vietnam protests of 1969 and 1971. After organizing a recording-breaking crowd of 600,000 in April, NOW followed up with a rally of 350,000 that fall - the November, 1989 "Mobilize for Women's Lives" at the Lincoln memorial. Reference: NOW website.
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2008.016.001.018