One Year After Roe - Take Your Fury Back to the Streets!
Start: Saturday, June 24, 2023•10:00 AM
Join us at a Signholding/leafleting action at Kaka'ako Open Market at the Ala Moana/Ward intersection between 10-11:30am. Thousands will see our banners and signs demanding "Legal Abortion Nationwide - and Everywhere!. Pick up one our banners or signs - or bring one of your own.
Saturday, June 24, marks one year since the illegitimate Trump-packed fascist Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, ripping away abortion rights nationwide. One year later, the clear eyed warning that Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights issued is borne out in living color across the country.
One year later, as many as 100,000 women and girls have been forced to give birth against their will.
One year later, the hell of living in the world’s biggest superpower after its highest court has reduced women to nothing more than incubators is felt across the nation. It is felt by 22 million women and girls of reproductive age who live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted, and often totally inaccessible. And it is felt by half of humanity in this country – yes, all over this country – who have become SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. There is no overstating the harrowing magnitude of a deepening generational tragedy.
One year later, we see women and girls brought to the brink of death from sepsis or bleeding out before they get care for miscarriages or high-risk or non-viable pregnancies; doctors turned into arms of a fascist state or punished if they dare to speak out; violent incidents and threats against providers and patients have risen dramatically; maternal mortality and morbidity are increasing, along with a climate of fear among healthcare providers, while access to all forms of care shrinks.
One year later, we see clinics shuttered and with them, futures, lives, dreams foreclosed. Women and girls beg for exemptions to save their lives or not have their rapist’s baby; the infringement of privacy rights spreads; “abortion trafficking laws” are enacted with penalties of up to 5 years in prison for assisting a minor in accessing an abortion in Idaho, with others likely to follow suit.
One year later, Christian fascists in and out of office are salivating at the prospect of a nationwide ban, moving to pull abortion pills from the market, with birth control in their sights, and moving to punish women who seek abortions.
Refuse to allow this horror to continue! Join us in demanding Legal Abortion Nationwide. Abortion on Demand, and Without Apology!