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South Florida Abortion Rights Supporters Join Nationwide Protest

Sun Sentinel
Protestors chanted “our bodies, our choice” and held signs that included slogans such as “keep your rosaries off my ovaries" and “no coat hanger.”";s:3:"uri

South Florida abortion rights advocates joined a nationwide protest Tuesday against recently passed bans, demanding that state legislators not participate in a renewed push to overturn Roe v. Wade.

More than 100 people rallied at lunchtime in downtown West Palm Beach. They chanted “our bodies, our choice” and held signs that included slogans such as “keep your rosaries off my ovaries" and “no coat hanger.”

Mary Holland, 66, a Hobe Sound resident, said she doesn’t want to return to a time when women had to seek dangerous back-alley abortions.

“We were here for Roe v. Wade,” she said, referring to the landmark 1973 case that established a constitutional right to an abortion. “Why are we here again? I thought I was done almost 50 years ago.”

Read more at our news partner, the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

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