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A rally on the Mall began at 10 a.m., and was followed by a march through downtown Washington, with a route along [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Pennsylvania Avenue]]. Celebrities who appeared at the march included [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Peter, Paul, and Mary]], [[Indigo Girls]], [[Judy Gorman]],[[Susan Sarandon]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Ashley Judd]], [[Kathleen Turner]], [[Ted Turner]], [[Ana Gasteyer]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Bonnie Franklin]], [[Julianne Moore]], and former Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]]; also appearing were veteran abortion rights leaders, such as [[Kate Michelman]] of [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] and [[Gloria Steinem]], and many members of Congress.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2014-04-25 |title=Flashback: Over One Million March for Women's Lives {{!}} National Organization for Women |url=https://now.org/blog/over-one-million-march-for-womens-lives/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=now.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
The march was led by seven organizing groups: [[National Organization for Women]] (NOW), [[American Civil Liberties Union]], [[Black Women’s Health Imperative|Black Women's Health Imperative]], [[Feminist Majority Foundation]], [[NARAL Pro-Choice America|NARAL Pro Choice America]], [[National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice|National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health]], and [[Planned Parenthood]] Federation of America. More than 1,400 organizations co- sponsored the event including [[Choice USA]], the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]], [[Code Pink]], and the [[National Association of Social Workers|National association of Social Workers]].<ref name=":1" /> Two other groups that assisted in organizing women of color included the National Network of Abortion Funds [https://abortionfunds.org/] and Sister Song [https://www.sistersong.net/].
Sixteen protesters from the Christian Defense Coalition were arrested for demonstrating without a permit when they crossed police barricades into the area designated for the March.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/04/26/womens-rally-draws-vast-crowd/f360a445-c1aa-4db9-a90f-d0efba7ac392/|title=Women's Rally Draws Vast Crowd|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=26 April 2004|accessdate=7 June 2020|work=washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
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