HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd of abortion rights advocates are marching through the Loop to Grant Park after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
CHICAGO -- Hundreds of abortion rights advocates gathered in Federal Plaza for a Friday evening protest over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, while anti-abortion rights advocates celebrated.
"That is just being placed in the hands of people who don't quite understand what a pregnancy is, what the repercussions of a pregnancy are, and how traumatic it could be. So, I think it's really just teaching women now that as much as we think we have autonomy over our own bodies, our government says no," said Ruhee Singh, abortion rights advocate.
In Naperville, several hundred people stretched along multiple blocks in downtown, joining in unity with people all over the country voicing heartbreak over the Supreme Court decision. Earlier a few dozen anti-abortion advocates gathered in Federal Plaza to celebrate what they called a win decades in a making. While they were few in number, they were loud and proud.
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