Abortion rights advocates gather at Statehouse to protest possibility of Roe v. Wade being overturned
Deborah O'Brien has been here before.O'Brien was one of several hundred protestors who gathered Saturday with flags, signs and coat hangers outside the Ohio Statehouse as part of a national"Bans Off Our Bodies" event, organized by Planned Parenthood and several women's rights organizations.The rally came in response to the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft decision indicating that overturning the decision in Roe v.
"I want Mike DeWine to understand, or hopefully Nan Whaley, if she gets elected, but I want the Ohio Legislature to understand that we need access to safe abortion," said Christina Pusecker, 48, of Cedarville."The first rally I attended was in Washington, D.C., in April 1992, when the Supreme Court was deciding the Casey case."
Anti-abortion advocates held signs outside the rally as well, with members of the anti-abortion group"Created Equal" holding signs with photos of aborted fetuses. One speaker compared the U.S. to Vatican City and the Philippines, two places where abortion is illegal.Kim Thompson, 65, of Marysville, held two signs — one with a bloody coat hanger and another reading"I have no regrets."
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