The daylong protest that filed past his back door Sunday is unlikely to spur President Bush to back abortion rights.

And the rally on their front steps is unlikely to prompt the Republicans who control the House and Senate to halt their war on reproductive rights.

Still, the hundreds of thousands -- perhaps 1 million -- people from all over the country who flocked to the National Mall for the March for Women's Lives on Sunday could influence the direction of national policies.

But only if they follow up.