Word: movement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Princeton University, which sent 120 students to the demonstration, there has been a significant increase in political activity since the July 3 decision, according to student activist Jennifer Weiner. "I agree with people who say Webster was the best thing that happened to the pro-choice movement," she says...
Ellen Convisser, president of the Boston branch of the National Organization for Women (NOW), says students are "the heart of the [abortion rights] movement and will continue to be." She says about 6000 participants from the Boston area came to the Washington rally...
...evidenced by Sunday, we're just barely scratching the potential of students across the country," Bingaman says. He adds that NARAL recently hired a field organizer whose sole responsibility will be recruiting support for the pro-choice movement on college campuses...
Many men from the University said they were disappointed that the pro-choice movement continues to peg the issue as a women's issue only...
...Today, I appeal to the unions and the American labor movement, the business community, and government to look for ways to support a partnership for progress in Poland for the sake of a nation and a people that need and deserve our help," he said...