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Protesters gathered in New York, Washington, D.C. and different U.S. cities Saturday to march for authorized protections of abortion and to protest the potential finish of Roe v. Wade.
The “Bans Off Our Our bodies” occasion, organized by a coalition of teams together with Deliberate Parenthood and the Ladies’s March on the Nationwide Mall in DC, is a part of a nationwide day of motion to push again towards states imposing restrictions on abortion. Quite a few cities throughout the nation may even maintain rallies, together with Chicago, Dallas and others.
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Professional-choice activists rally on the Washington Monument earlier than a march to the U.S. Supreme Court docket in Washington, Could 14, 2022. (JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AFP through Getty Photos)
Crowds collect at Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. for the Bans Off Our Our bodies pro-choice march. (Fox Information)
Professional-choice activist Cristela Luiz (L) confronts a pro-life demonstrator throughout a Bans Off Our Our bodies rally on the base of the Washington Monument on Could, 14 2022, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photos)
The D.C. protesters plan to march from the Washington Monument up the Mall previous the Capitol and all the best way to the Supreme Court docket.
The Bans Off Our Our bodies protests come after the leak of a draft Supreme Court docket opinion that indicated the justices had been poised to overturn a long time of precedent recognizing abortion entry as a part of the constitutional proper to privateness.
Protesters maintain up indicators throughout a pro-choice demonstration, Saturday, Could 14, 2022, in New York. (AP Photograph/Jeenah Moon)
Safety fencing is in place outdoors the Supreme Court docket in Washington, Saturday, Could 14, 2022, forward of anticipated pro-choice rallies later within the day. (Photograph/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Different teams have introduced plans to protest outdoors the houses of conservative justices on the courtroom Saturday, as they’ve completed for weeks. Ruth Despatched Us, a gaggle of grassroots pro-abortion demonstrators, on Friday tweeted a name for protesters to satisfy close to the homes of the “SCOTUS 6,” itemizing the six conservative justices of the Supreme Court docket.
This can be a growing story. Verify again for updates.