Protesters on the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Insisting that the battle towards abortion is not over, even after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom 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 an alternative of constructing their method to the Supreme Courtroom, Friday the rally ends between the Supreme Courtroom 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 just some months in the past when Roe was overturned, however as you all know, that is solely the tip of the primary part of this battle,” mentioned Rep. Steve Scalise, the U.S. Home Majority chief, to a screaming crowd Friday. The Republican from Louisiana has mentioned abortion will likely be an vital focus for Home Republicans this yr.
January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Jeanne Mancini talking on the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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Protesters on the March for all times on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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“The March for Life will proceed to march till the human rights of abortion isn’t any extra,” mentioned 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, mentioned she was capable of come for the primary time now that she’s retired.
“I am tremendous excited that we lastly have Supreme Courtroom justices who see that life begins at conception,” she mentioned. “However I am additionally feeling like that is only the start.”
January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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Eddy mentioned she would assist extra public funding for companies corresponding to healthcare for brand new moms and youngsters. “Folks must have assist to get via this as a result of the lady’s simply as vital because the child.” She additionally talked about that she helps exceptions for abortion in instances of medical emergencies, together with in conditions just like the high-profile case final yr the place a 10-year-old rape sufferer was pressured to journey to Indiana after Ohio’s near-total abortion ban took impact.
Protesters on the March for Life on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington D.C.
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. Anti-abortion demonstrators participate within the annual ”March For Life”, seven months after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v Wade .
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Public opinion nonetheless helps abortion
June’s Supreme Courtroom resolution did little to sway the American public on the subject of abortion. Based on an upcoming NPR/Ipsos ballot, 60% of Individuals say abortion ought to be authorized in all (26%) or most (34%) instances.
Based on the identical ballot, many Individuals see Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group as a politically motivated resolution – 66% say they really feel that U.S. Supreme Courtroom 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 plenty of measures that will have restricted abortion entry or criminalized docs.
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