‘Can’t Believe I’m Still Protesting’
Women and Allies March in St. Petersburg for Abortion Rights Story and photos by Abby Baker
ABBY BAKER
“This is me ovary-acting.”
Saturday, October 2 more than 600 Women’s Rights Marches around the nation rallied in protest of recent restrictive abortion laws. In St. Petersburg, residents and officials marched at the Bans Off Our Bodies Rally at Vinoy Park. The event was one of many shadowing the fifth Women’s March in
Washington, D.C. that same day, with protesters responding to the Supreme Court’s decision not to block the recent Texas abortion law that prevents women from having abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Opponents of the law say that many women are not aware they are pregnant in that time period. Abortion re-
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strictions are on the table in at least 47 states, according to NPR. In addition to an enormous crowd of sign-waving protesters, officials from St. Petersburg and the state, as well as Gulfport councilmembers April Thanos and Paul Ray, got on stage at Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Dr NE, in support of women’s choice.
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