Abortion-Rights Organizers Plan Nationwide Rallies To Pressure Supreme Court
In June the Court will rule on a case that may overturn the 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade and result in state bans of abortion.
Pro-choice supporters don’t plan to let the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court’s official ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, expected this June, to pass by quietly: A coalition of more than 30 advocacy groups are organizing a nationwide day of protests on May 14.
Groups including Planned Parenthood, MoveOn, UltraViolet and Women’s March, have announced that “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies will take place that day across the U.S., including so-called “anchor” events in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. Protests are planned in at least 200 additional cities, from Anchorage to Wilmington, and a virtual event is slated to occur in tandem.