"When it's just one vote away from overturningRoe v. Wade you're just impelled to act. IfTurnsdale v. Ragsdale gets decided andclinics start closing, people will stop and thinkbecause no one will preserve out choice for usunless we do it."

But some undergraduates said they believe it ismore important to devote their money--andenergy--to working on the state level.

Margot B. Kushel '89-'90, an intern with Mass.Choice, said that since the July Missouri vs.Webster Reproductive Health Services decision,the abortion rights fight has switched away fromthe federal government.

"Regrettably the fight now is in the states,"Kushel said. "The state legislatures now have beentold that they can start chipping away at women'sabortion rights, and they may be furtherencouraged by cases being tried in the SupremeCourt this spring."

But Kushel said in any case that the movementis in a crisis that overrides all timeconcerns--including that of next month'sdemonstration.

Troop, however, said she did not think thatworking on state and national levelssimultaneously was unrealistic.

"The more visible we are, the more outraged weget, the more people there are who will come intothe movement," Troop said. "We have to have manyways to direct their energy. We would be sellingourselves short if we don't try to do more.