Pro-Choice Activists Call on Progressives to Resist Attacks on Reproductive Rights

Report on pro-choice rally, at counter-inauguration in Washington, D.C., produced by Melinda Tuhus

Among the many demonstrations organized on Jan. 20 to protest the inauguration of George W. Bush was a rally held at Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle. The protest was organized by a coalition of women's groups with the theme of mourning the Bush administration's assault on freedom and equality. Speakers denounced the flawed 2004 U.S. presidential election, the war in Iraq and attacks on reproductive rights. Protesters were reminded that likely Supreme Court vacancies during Bush's term could further threaten the high court's January 22nd, 1973 Roe v. Wade Court decision legalizing abortion. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus was at the rally and wove together a collage of speakers and songs which focused on protecting a woman's right to choose.

Just days after the Dupont Circle rally, tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington to call for the overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision and received a supportive call from President Bush. For more information on defending a woman's right to choose, contact National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) at (202) 973-3000. Or visit their website at www.naral.org

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