WASHINGTON, April 25 /U.S. Newswire/
-- Today hundreds of thousands of women, men, children and teens
will gather from across the country and around the world to protest
attacks on women's reproductive rights and speak up for America's
pro-choice majority. A live Webcast will be available (with a one-to-two-hour
delay) on http://www.plannedparenthood.org/march for those who are
unable to attend the march itself.
"Today we will send our message loud and clear: reproductive
rights are human rights, and they cannot be ignored," said
Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
(PPFA).
Feldt will be speaking as part of a line-up of speakers and performers
surrounding the march that also includes Julianne Moore, Madeline
Albright, Carol Mosley-Braun and many more.
"Anti-choice extremists are not just against abortion --
they also oppose contraception and comprehensive, medically accurate
sex education," said Feldt. "Meanwhile, extremist policies
like the global gag rule are killing women in the poorest countries
of the world. Planned Parenthood is leading the effort to protect
our fundamental human right to control our own reproductive lives."
PPFA President Gloria Feldt will be available for interviews throughout
the day. To arrange an interview, please contact Joel Lawson at
202-236-2316.
The March for Women's Lives is expected to draw a historic number
of people and is led by seven organizing groups: PPFA, the American
Civil Liberties Union, Black Women's Health Imperative, Feminist
Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Latina Institute
for Reproductive Health, and the National Organization for Women.
More than 100 international celebrities have come together to support
the march, and many of them -- including Helen Hunt, LisaGay Hamilton,
Bradley Whitford and Whoopi Goldberg -- will be marching as well.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the nation's largest
and most trusted voluntary reproductive health organization. Planned
Parenthood believes that everyone has the right to choose when or
whether to have a child -- and that every child should be wanted
and loved. Planned Parenthood affiliates operate nearly 900 health
centers nationwide, providing medical services and sexuality education
for millions of women, men, and teenagers each year.
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