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NYC: 1,000 rally to defend abortion rights
By Sophia Roberts
May 26, 2019
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Liberation photo: Vincent Tsai
???Without this basic right women can???t be free, abortion on demand and
without apology,??? chanted the multi-generational crowd. Over a thousand
enthusiastic protesters came out in New York City on May 21, packing
Foley Square in front of the Federal Building, to rally and demand safe
and affordable abortion nationwide.
The rally was organized by Planned Parenthood NYC and supported by a
number of prominent pro-choice organizations, including the National
Institute for Reproductive Health and New York Civil Liberties Union. It
was part of a national day of action in response to the recent
prohibitively restrictive abortion laws passed in eight states across
the nation, including an almost total ban on abortions after eight weeks
in Alabama.
Protesters representing the Party for Socialism and Liberation explained
their reasons for being at the rally. Organizer and activist Monica Cruz
said, ???I???m here to stand up for reproductive justice, women???s rights,
and for all rights to health care because everything is connected. We
need to be out here, hitting the streets and organizing because they are
going to keep trying to get away with taking our rights until we really
stand up and fight back and show them as the 99 percent we???re a force to
be reckoned with and we???re not going back!???
The rally included representatives from LGBTQ organizations who spoke on
the importance of reproductive care for trans and nonconforming people.
Representatives from the New York Immigration Coalition and the National
Asian Pacific American Women???s Forum emphasized the disproportionate
impact of abortion restrictions on women of color.
Part of PSL contingent. Liberation photo: Vincent Tsai
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