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Protesters on the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Insisting that the combat in opposition to abortion is not over, even after the U.S. Supreme Court docket struck down Roe v. Wade final June, 1000’s of anti-abortion rights protesters gathered for the annual March for Life rally on Friday.
Following the reversal of Roe, organizers modified the trail of their symbolic march route. As a substitute of creating their option to the Supreme Court docket, Friday the rally ends between the Supreme Court docket and the U.S. Capitol – sending a sign that there are nonetheless anti-abortion rights battles to be fought in Congress and within the courts.
“Boy, did we get an enormous victory only a few months in the past when Roe was overturned, however as you all know, that is solely the top of the primary part of this battle,” stated Rep. Steve Scalise, the U.S. Home Majority chief, to a screaming crowd Friday. The Republican from Louisiana has stated abortion will likely be an necessary focus for Home Republicans this 12 months.
Protesters on the March for all times on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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“The March for Life will proceed to march till the human rights of abortion is not any extra,” stated Jeanne Mancini, the March’s president, noting that pregnant folks can nonetheless hunt down abortions in states the place the process is authorized.
A former chemistry trainer from Ohio on the march, Beth Eddy, stated she was capable of come for the primary time now that she’s retired.
“I am tremendous excited that we lastly have Supreme Court docket justices who see that life begins at conception,” she stated. “However I am additionally feeling like that is only the start.”
Protesters on the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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Eddy stated she would assist extra public funding for companies comparable to healthcare for brand spanking new moms and kids. “Individuals must have assist to get by way of this as a result of the girl’s simply as necessary because the child.” She additionally talked about that she helps exceptions for abortion in circumstances of medical emergencies, together with in conditions just like the high-profile case final 12 months the place a 10-year-old rape sufferer was compelled to journey to Indiana after Ohio’s near-total abortion ban took impact.
Public opinion nonetheless helps abortion
June’s Supreme Court docket choice did little to sway the American public on the subject of abortion. Based on an upcoming NPR/IPSOS ballot, 60% of People say abortion ought to be authorized in all (26%) or most (34%) circumstances.
Based on the identical ballot, many People see Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies’s Well being Group as a politically motivated choice – 66% say they really feel that U.S. Supreme Court docket justices are guided extra by their politics than an neutral studying of the regulation.
Since June, a number of states – together with California, Michigan and Vermont – have bolstered abortion protections. And within the 2022 elections, voters rejected quite a lot of measures that may have restricted abortion entry or criminalized medical doctors.
Protesters on the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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