Advocates Rally In Annapolis To Defend Abortion Rights

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Advocates rallied successful Annapolis connected Saturday to articulation a nationwide effort to basal up and support termination rights.

“I’m retired present to support the rights of my assemblage and my daughters’ bodies,” said Sara Knight, who attended the rally.

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They spoke retired against the precocious passed Texas instrumentality that bans abortions arsenic aboriginal arsenic six weeks into gestation earlier galore women adjacent cognize they’re pregnant.

“It is not the relation of the authorities to beryllium controlling immoderate of our bodies and immoderate of our choices and our beingness decisions truthful erstwhile it comes to the close to choose, they request to beryllium offering that close and protecting that right,” said Maeve Sanford, who besides attended the rally.

Speakers shared their idiosyncratic experiences and efforts to amended entree to termination successful the state.

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“We request to marque definite that Maryland is alert that this is simply a very, precise important economical societal and health-oriented close that we request to support for women,”  Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said.

The rally comes conscionable earlier the Supreme Court reconvenes connected Monday and considers a lawsuit that challenges Roe vs. Wade which protects a women’s close to take to person an abortion.

A close that galore present accidental indispensable beryllium maintained.

“We won’t basal for trying to portion radical of those freedoms,” Sanford said.

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Approximately 660 demonstrations were held crossed the state Saturday.