Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations. Saturday's Women's March events came ahead of the hotly contested election for president and other top offices. Abortion-rights and reproductive health care measures will be on the ballot in 10 states.
A woman holds a sign during National Women’s March in Chicago, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Demonstrator protest during the national Women’s March at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Demonstrator hold signs during the national Women’s March at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Demonstrator protest during the national Women’s March at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
Demonstrators carried posters and signs through city streets, chanting slogans such as “We won’t go back.” Some men joined with them. Speakers urged people toAt the Women’s March in Washington, feminist activist Fanny Gomez-Lugo read off a list of states with abortion ballot measures before leading the crowd in a chant of “Abortion is freedom!”
In Kansas City, Missouri, rally organizers urged people to sign up to knock on doors in a get-out-the-vote push for an abortion-rights measure. Abortion rights has passed inflation as the top issue in the presidential election for women under age 30 since Vice President— Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota. Most would guarantee a right to abortion until fetal viability and allow it later if necessary for the health of the pregnant woman.Some of Saturday’s rally participants also advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, higher wages, paid sick leave and greater efforts against gun violence.
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