Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, and Girls for Gender Equity have come together to call for action, all across the country to "not only to demonstrate that people support abortion access, but to show that (they) won't back down".
The demonstration titled "Bans Off Our Bodies" will be held in Montpelier this Saturday, May 14th from 11-1:30 p.m. The local event is being hosted by the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund.
Abortion is still legal. It's still your right. But the Supreme Court is prepared to end your constitutional right to abortion. Our country is facing an abortion access crisis.
By this summer, 26 states could move to ban abortion — affecting 36 million women, plus more people who can become pregnant. This is personal. If overturned, this decision may reverse almost 50 years of precedent and explicitly end federal constitutional protections for abortion. The rally organizers believe the "people in your community and across the country deserve the power and freedom to make their own personal reproductive health care decisions."
Similar "Bans Off Our Bodies" marches are being held during the same weekend in Stamford (CT), Princeton (NJ), Wilmington (DE), Northampton (MA), Albany (NY), Providence (RI), Worcester (MA), Harrisburg (PA), Baltimore (MD), Ithaca (NY), Boston (MA), Washington (DC), Montpelier (VT), Portland (ME), Richmond (VA), Cleveland (OH), Columbus (OH), Ann Arbor (MI), Cincinnati (OH), Fort Wayne (IN), Greenville (SC), Knoxville (TN), Louisville (KY), Chicago (IL), Savannah (GA), Chattanooga (TN), Atlanta (GA), Nashville (TN), and Davenport (IA).
Between January and March of 2022 itself, more than 500 anti-abortion restrictions have been filed in 41 states. As the attacks continue across states on abortion and as Americans await the decision from the Supreme Court on Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO) v. Dobbs, the organizers hope to make the message clear that they will not stand for these bans, and that abortion care is health care.
Please consider joining us in Montpelier this Saturday and make your voice heard. Carpool and bring a friend, your children, your sisters and others. This is the link to register for the rally and learn more information.
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