Abortion rights advocates gathered in the nation's capital and by state capitols Saturday for a challenging task: persuading the Supreme Court not to reverse the 50-year precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
Amy Griffith said she is a Christian but does not believe abortion should be outlawed.Her daughter Leah said public support is largely in favor of keeping abortion legal, pointing toShe said she’s afraid that state bans will make abortion unsafe, especially for people without the resources to access it in other states.
"We're still fighting for reproductive rights. We cannot allow hate and ignorance and disinformation to win," she said. "We're not going backwards." “Roe v. Wade was signed into law in ,” she told the crowd. “We need to unite, we need to mobilize, we need to act and, I will say this throughout the day, we need to vote.”including mothers and daughters. Pink was the predominant color of the day, on T-shirts sporting messages including “Bans Off Our Bodies” and signs that said, “Abolish the Supreme Court” and “Abortion is health care.”
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