A quickly organized rally to support abortion rights drew a deeply concerned, angry and sometimes incredulous crowd of about 100 Tuesday afternoon to the center of Doylestown Borough.
After a leaked U.S. Supreme Court document indicated a majority of the justices intend to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision, reproductive rights supporters took to the streets across the country to protest.
“It makes me sick to my stomach and scared for my grandchildren to live in a world without human rights, where their bodies are not their own,” said Carol Spiewak, of Solebury, as cars drove past, honking their horns in support. One driver shouted, “baby killers.”
“We need to elect Josh Shapiro and save our rights in Pennsylvania. The most important thing we can do is vote Democratic,” added Spiewak. Shapiro is the presumptive Democratic candidate in the state’s governor’s race. He and Gov. Tom Wolf have promised to protect abortion rights in Pennsylvania.
Many carried signs supporting a woman’s right to choice. “Get your politics out of my uterus,” read several. “My body is not public property,” read another. Several older women commented, “I can’t believe I’m here, again.”
Erin Kershaw, a midwife, and her daughter, Kaitlyn Walker, a student at New Hope-Solebury High School, who organized the protest, said people need to contact their legislators and support organizations such as NARAL and Planned Parenthood.
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