Lots of turned out to take part within the Lady’s March in Massachusetts forward of Election Day, in a powerful present of help for Vice President Kamala Harris and abortion entry.
Individuals marched on Boston Frequent, holding indicators that learn, “We won’t go back” and “Abortion is health care.” Some males joined with them.
The girl’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 in the course of the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer)
Leslie Rosenberg, of Boston, cheers in the course of the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer)
Tracy Murphy informed NBC 10 Boston that she organized the ladies’s march as a result of she needed to present it her all irrespective of who wins.
“Today’s message is that we want everybody to vote,” Murphy stated.
Individuals rally on Boston Frequent in the course of the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer)
Mimi Balsamo, of Quincy, Mass., attends the Nationwide Ladies’s March on Boston Frequent, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer)
Abortion and the 2024 election
For the reason that Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion entry has returned to the state degree.
Abortion has remained a hot-button difficulty within the 2024 election – with abortion being a high difficulty 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.
Individuals rally on Boston Frequent in the course of the Nationwide Ladies’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer)
A file variety of voters suppose abortion needs to be authorized, with two-thirds favoring a nationwide regulation guaranteeing entry, based on a Fox Information nationwide survey carried out on March 22-25, 2024.
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Fifty-nine p.c suppose abortion needs to be authorized in all or most circumstances, up from the earlier excessive of 57% in September 2022 and a file low of 44% in April 2022.
Ami Faria and her daughter Amelia, of Exeter, N.H., attend the Nationwide Ladies’s March on Boston Frequent, Saturday. (AP Photograph/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 help amongst voters ages 65 and older (+16 factors needs to 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 occasions as many say it all the time needs to be (35%). One other one-third (32%) say abortion needs to be unlawful besides in circumstances of rape, incest, or to save lots of the lifetime of the mom.
Former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris (Getty Photos)
Trump
Former President Trump has shifted his stance on abortion in the course of the election cycle, with the Republican nominee hoping to draw independents and a few disillusioned Democrats, however operating the danger of alienating his pro-life base.
Trump notably opposes a federal abortion ban, however has remained against late-term abortions. In July, the Republican Get together deserted its long-standing place of advocating towards 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 girls and that he would search additional restrictions.
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Harris has solid 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.
