Leadership Alliances
Rally in DC to Support Abortion
RightsHundreds of Leadership Alliance
activists from over 40 campuses nationwide rallied with
the Feminist Majority Foundation during NOW’s Emergency
Action For Women’s Lives in DC last Sunday April 22nd.
FMF President Eleanor Smeal and representatives from
other organizations including the Religious Coalition
for Reproductive Choice, the National Abortion
Federation, and the National Black Women’s Health
Project spoke to an enthusiastic crowd about the
importance of abortion access, the horrors already faced
by women around the world under the global gag rule and
parental consent, and the failure of anti-abortion
politicians to provide adequate policies for women and
children.
Participants marched in front of the U.S.
Supreme Court and down to the mall, chanting along the
way: “Not the church, not the state, Women must decide
their fate!” and “2-4-6-8 watch out who he nominates!”
The event ended on the mall with a reproductive health
fair, where participating organizations including
Advocates for Youth and the National Association of
Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health provided
educational materials and action opportunities to
activists.
Thank you to the Leadership Alliance
activists that volunteered and petitioned with us during
the Emergency Action. We received over 1700 signatures
to support abortion rights!
View pics of the
march!
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