Speaker Adams was joined on the steps of City Hall by the Council's Women's Caucus and women's reproductive rights advocates to express support for abortion rights and urge a final Supreme Court opinion that protects the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
shows the panel's conservative majority of justices is ready to overturn nearly 50 years of established abortion rights precedent since Roe v. Wade., people began gathering outside the Supreme Court, some sitting with candles, some chanting about the apparent author of the draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said her state would"welcome with open arms" those who need access to abortion. In our area, a protest in support of reproductive rights planned for 5 p.m. in Foley Square is one of many happening across the country. Attorney General Letitia James is headlining the Foley Square rally, joining what organizers call"hundreds of advocacy groups, elected officials, and concerned New Yorkers at a rally in support of abortions rights in this nation."
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