Organizers estimated that nearly 1,000 anti-abortion activists took part in a March for Life rally at the state Capitol yesterday on the 29th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States. 
      The  rally  was  sponsored  by Hawai'i Right to Life, which has held a march every year since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in the Roe v. Wade case. 
      John Long, executive director of Hawai'i Right to Life, said he was encouraged by yesterday's turnout, which he said was nearly 300 more people than last year's event. 
       Long said his group will be watching the progress of two measures before the Legislature this year, including a bill that deals with parental consent for minors who want to get abortions. 
       The other measure would call for harsher punishment for people who attack pregnant women in attempts to cause miscarriages or kill the unborn babies. Such crimes would be classified as murders or attempted murders.