In Washington, speakers from national abortion rights groups including Women's March and NARAL Pro-Choice America will assemble in Columbus Circle to celebrate the defeat of some abortion opponents in the 2022 midterm races and rally voters ahead of next year's congressional and presidential elections.
The June 24, 2022, Supreme Court ruling allowed U.S. states to ban abortion care for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Conservative states have passed a flood of legislation to restrict the procedure, while other states have moved to protect abortion access.
Democratic U.S. lawmakers proposed a measure on Thursday that would protect abortion patients and providers from criminalization nationwide, but its passage is unlikely given the deeply divided Congress.
On the other side of the fight, some abortion opponents are pushing for a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Persons:
Roe, Wade, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, Pence, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Julia Harte, Gram Slattery, Colleen Jenkins, Rosalba O'Brien
Organizations:
NARAL, America, Lincoln, for Life America, Conservative, Friday, Democratic, Republican, Democratic U.S, & Freedom Coalition, Florida, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Washington, Columbus, U.S, Charlotte , North Carolina, Florida, Oregon