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Abortion rights protestors march to City Hall
On Saturday, dozens of protestors took to the steps of Houston’s Metropolis Corridor for a “Bans off our Our bodies” rally.
HOUSTON — The leaked U.S. Supreme Courtroom draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade spurned abortion-rights activists to motion with rallies and marches throughout the nation.
On Saturday, dozens of protestors took to the steps of Houston’s Metropolis Corridor for a “Bans off our Our bodies” rally.
The rally was organized by the Ladies’s March in partnership with Deliberate Parenthood.
“They are saying no selection, we are saying pro-choice,” chanted the group as they made their means down Walker Avenue.
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The occasion is without doubt one of the newest pushback efforts bringing out folks of all ages.
“I’m right here and I’m preventing for me, I’m preventing for my associates, I’m preventing for my buddy’s daughters that hopefully won’t must cope with this,” stated Allison Muratore.
Ann McCormick was on the entrance traces of the Roe v. Wade protests within the 70’s. She stated historical past is repeating itself.
“It is disgusting, it is demoralizing,” she stated. “It is like you may’t look away for a minute.”
Anti-abortion rights advocates additionally turned out to the occasion. A gaggle from the Catholic Parishes of Houston gathered on the opposite aspect of Smith Avenue.
Texas Republicans say if Roe falls, they’ll concentrate on adoptions and stopping girls from looking for abortions elsewhere
“We’re right here to not confront anyone besides by the actual fact of our being right here praying,” stated Nicholas D’Amelio of the Catholic Parishes of Houston.
He stated they’re additionally hoping to have their voices heard
“The easy reality of it’s that we consider the unborn are human lives we consider by way of our religion but in addition the details of frequent science,” stated D’Amelio.
Consultants say an opinion from the excessive courtroom may come as early as subsequent month.
