Observing the 50th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, about 150 abortion-rights protesters marched through downtown Dallas Sunday afternoon, demanding...
, about 150 abortion-rights protesters marched through downtown Dallas Sunday afternoon, demanding renewed protections following last year’s monumental reversal of the Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to abortion access.
The group held signs with slogans including “Roe was the floor, not the ceiling,” “You wouldn’t try to regulate a vagina if it fired bullets” and “Trusted with a child, but not with a choice.”To Texas politicians opposed to abortion — including Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott, both of whom were the target of several chants — one sign had a simple message: “We are coming for your seat.”
Roe decision. Protests across the United States were expected to draw thousands of people. The rally came one week after an opposing affiliateOne of the protest organizers, Abigail Glavy, described the 2022 midterms as a crossroads in the fight for abortion rights.
Referring to cases where women are raped, one of the pro-life counter-protesters called a woman’s decision to have an abortion “a worse evil” than the sexual assault.
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