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Vol. 80/No. 17 May 2, 2016
Nebraska: ‘We called our own action to support abortion rights’
BY JOE SWANSON
LINCOLN, Neb. — “Women should be allowed to have control over their own
bodies instead of being the property of the government and the
churches,” said Chris Steffen, 55, a factory worker speaking at an April
1 forum held at the Indigo Bridge Book store here. The event was
organized to build support for an April 9 rally in defense of abortion
rights.
Lincoln High School student Alexandria Smith told the forum, “We decided
to call our own action to support a woman’s right to choose abortion”
after she and fellow students took part in a Jan. 30 counterprotest at
an anti-abortion “walk for life” at the state Capitol.
On April 9, Smith and her classmates led the march with signs and chants
through downtown Lincoln and back to the Capitol grounds. Some 50 people
attended, the majority in their teens or early 20s.
“This is the first pro-choice rally in at least a couple of decades”
that isn’t just a reaction to anti-woman demonstrations, said Jackson
Meredith, 31, a University of Nebraska cafeteria worker who has helped
organize counterprotests against anti-abortion actions since 2002.
“We will meet soon and discuss what we should do next to build broader
support for women’s rights,” said Smith.
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