Talk:March for Life (Washington, D.C.)

Attendance and Pro-Choice events

There has to be some kind of official statement as to number of participants from the involved parties, including capitol police estimates. I think there may be some validity to pointing out the simultaneous Pro-Roe demonstrations as well.eRipley 16:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC) I little outside research shows the Park Police are not allowed to estimate crowd sizes since 1995 due to political pressure resulting from the Million Man March crowd estimate. Organizers have an interest in ballooning numbers making a valid cite most likely impossible.eRipley 16:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

The reason that pro-Roe demonstrations are not mentioned is because such demonstrations are extremely small (numbering in the dozens) feebly staffed, and disorganized. An average pro-life marcher will never see a pro- Roe demonstration on his/her march because they keep well away from the pro-life march. You could gather information and create a separate article if you so desire. Also, as this article is a stub, it is best to include necessary material that directly relates to the subject.Justanotherguy 06:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Justanotherguy. There are hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers at the event and usually very few pro-'choice' demonstrators in comparison. ...Andy120... 23:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)lllllllllllllllllllllllko

What the heck is "lllllllllllllllllllllllko"??? Let's delete it. --- Mwr0 (talk) 11:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

The 2015 march had an abortion rights protest which stopped the march for 30 minutes, that's a significant presence. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/26/1360230/-New-Pro-Choice-Organization-Stomps-March-For-Life-in-Washington-DC --- Mwr0 (talk) 11:26, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

I was at the 2015 March and this simply is not true. There may have been a slight delay but it certainly wasn't 30 minutes and there were hardly any counter protesters that could be seen. With all the talk about what is an d isn't a credible source, Daily KOs can hardly be called credible. 50.38.206.216 (talk) 00:23, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

I added the link (currently footnote #2) to the estimate numbers on the March web site. This is my first Wikipedia edit, so if I did something wrong, please let me know. Any and all crowd size estimates will be challenged by someone, which is why the Police no longer make estimates. However with a few (5-10) people to help, I could make an actual Count during the march itself, if such a count was actually wanted by anyone. Benjamin = bennnancy@erols.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjiMac (talk • contribs) 06:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean you added Reference 4, "Youth Turnout Strong at US March for Life", or Reference 7, "Official March for Life website–About Us" ? Refs 2 and 3 are to news sites. And I don't believe Wikipedia rules let you cite yourself as the source if you are an eyewitness who counts the crowd. --- Mwr0 (talk) 11:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Reference 5, "Who had the worst week in Washington? Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)." has absolutely nothing to do with the March or estimates of its size, but I don't know the right Wiki tag to mark it as such. --- Mwr0 (talk) 11:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Also, Reference 14 is a duplicate of Reference 7 "Official March for Life website–About Us". --- Mwr0 (talk) 11:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)