A whole bunch turned out to take part within the Lady’s March in Massachusetts forward of Election Day, in a powerful present of assist for Vice President Kamala Harris and abortion entry.
Folks marched on Boston Widespread, holding indicators that learn, “We won’t go back” and “Abortion is health care.” Some males joined with them.
The lady’s march occurred in Boston, in addition to in Washington, D.C., and in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
Audio system urged folks to vote within the election — highlighting that abortion is on the poll in 9 states.
“How many of you are going to vote on Tuesday? How many of you can’t wait to wake up to a woman president?” Rev. Dr. Deborah Haffner, of First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Massachusetts, requested.
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Marji Roy, foreground proper, of Ashford, Conn., holds indicators through the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Leslie Rosenberg, of Boston, cheers through the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Tracy Murphy advised NBC 10 Boston that she organized the ladies’s march as a result of she wished to provide it her all regardless of who wins.
“Today’s message is that we want everybody to vote,” Murphy stated.
Folks rally on Boston Widespread through the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Mimi Balsamo, of Quincy, Mass., attends the Nationwide Ladies’s March on Boston Widespread, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Abortion and the 2024 election
Because the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion entry has returned to the state degree.
Abortion has remained a hot-button situation within the 2024 election – with abortion being a high situation for a lot of feminine voters.
9 states will contemplate constitutional amendments that might enshrine abortion rights — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota.
Folks rally on Boston Widespread through the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
A document variety of voters suppose abortion must be authorized, with two-thirds favoring a nationwide legislation guaranteeing entry, in line with a Fox Information nationwide survey carried out on March 22-25, 2024.
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Fifty-nine % suppose abortion must be authorized in all or most circumstances, up from the earlier excessive of 57% in September 2022 and a document low of 44% in April 2022.
Ami Faria and her daughter Amelia, of Exeter, N.H., attend the Nationwide Ladies’s March on Boston Widespread, Saturday. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Assist for legalization has been up (principally by double-digits) throughout the board since April 2022, two months earlier than Roe was overturned. That features elevated assist amongst voters ages 65 and older (+16 factors must be authorized), conservatives (+12), Republicans (+11), and White evangelical Christians (+10).
Total, simply 7% suppose abortion ought to by no means be permitted, whereas 5 instances as many say it at all times must be (35%). One other one-third (32%) say abortion must be unlawful besides in circumstances of rape, incest, or to avoid wasting the lifetime of the mom.
Former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris (Getty Photographs)
Trump
Former President Trump has shifted his stance on abortion through the election cycle, with the Republican nominee hoping to draw independents and a few disillusioned Democrats, however operating the chance of alienating his pro-life base.
Trump notably opposes a federal abortion ban, however has remained against late-term abortions. In July, the Republican Occasion deserted its long-standing place of advocating in opposition to abortion.
Harris
All through Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign, she has argued that Trump — who nominated three conservative justices to the Supreme Courtroom who later voted to overturn Roe v. Wade — is chargeable for worsening medical care for ladies and that he would search additional restrictions.
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Harris has forged her place on the subject as creating laws to revive the nationwide abortion proper that was eradicated following Roe v. Wade.
She has additionally vowed to guard entry to the abortion drug mifepristone, calling the drug “essential medication.”
Fox Information’ Victoria Balara and the Related Press contributed to this report.
