Constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights stirs support, protest in Olympia

choose,” Kuderer said.

Mary Le Nguyen stood in front of a group of 70 abortion-rights activists on the Capitol steps for a reproductive freedom rally in early January and shared her story of surviving sexual abuse.

“This is not about power shifting from here to here. I want people to like us to have the power,” Nguyen said, as she protested with Pro-Choice Washington. “I want us all to be more powerful, but that means we need to slow down together and see that reproductive justice is more than just about abortions.”

This legislative session marks the first since Roe v. Wade was overturned and House Democrats say they want to pass a number of bills protecting abortion rights.