Generation Ambivalent; On the eve of the biggest abortion-rights march in a decade, organizers try to attract a younger crowd.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 26-APR-04

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Byline: Debra Rosenberg, With Holly Bailey in Washington, Hilary Shenfeld at Northwestern and Emi Kolawale at Wellesley

One night last week in downtown Washington, D.C., the NARAL Pro-Choice America "march action center" hummed like a campaign headquarters on election night. Fueled by pizza and soda, a few dozen volunteers glued a thousand placards onto cardboard handles in just half an hour. They had only days left before the first large abortion-rights gathering in more than a decade--the April 25 "March for Women's Lives." Some of the volunteers reminisced about marches of years past. But Laura Kopp, 18, had little to be...

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