Protesters See Mood Shift Against 'Roe'
Court Nominees, Young Activists Cited at Annual Antiabortion March
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Tens of thousands of abortion opponents held an upbeat rally on the cold, gray streets of downtown Washington yesterday and described what they see as a societal tide turning against the 33-year-old Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized the procedure.

Demonstrators at the annual March for Life said their movement has been buoyed by two recent Supreme Court nominees -- one of them confirmed -- who appear open to reconsidering the 1973 decision. They talked optimistically about how technological advances are producing clearer sonograms, which could make it harder to argue that a fetus is not a person. Story