A million abortion rights supporters rallied Sunday in the nation's capital, protesting the policies of the Bush administration and its conservative allies and vowing to fight back to defend women’s rights to abortion.
Speaker after speaker criticized that President Bush and his allies in Congress were trying to impose an Islamic fundamentalist agenda on abortion and family planning programs, both at home and abroad.
"We are determined to stop this war on women," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, a sponsor of the march.
Gloria Steinem, one of many feminist icons who turned out Sunday, said, "We are here to take back our country."
In parallel developments, rumors hit the press that the Bush administration also intends to introduce compulsory veils for women the reintroduction of the burning of witches and the stoning of adulterers along with the already planned surgical removal of thieves limbs.
A spokesman denied that the measures were in any way influenced by the Islamic code.
“As far as women and their status is concerned, the president has certainly been impressed by what he’s seen in Iraq, but to say that this has anything to do with these measures is clearly ridiculous. President Bush has never had any respect for women.”
WASHINGTON, April 25