Byline: Associated Press with staff reports
Tens of thousands of women from across the country converged on Washington Sunday for an abortion-rights march that took them past the White House to a rally on the steps of the Capitol. "The numbers game is over," declared Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, NOW, which sponsored the march. "The silent majority will be silent no longer."
An estimated 250 people attended from the capital district, and about 3,700 statewide, said Mary Mercier, vice president ofboth the Albany and state chapters of NOW.
"It was absolutely, totally impressive," said Mercier in a …
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