A whole lot turned out to take part within the Girl’s March in Massachusetts forward of Election Day, in a robust present of help for Vice President Kamala Harris and abortion entry.
Folks marched on Boston Widespread, holding indicators that learn, “We cannot return” and “Abortion is well being care.” Some males joined with them.
The lady’s march occurred in Boston, in addition to in Washington, D.C., and in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
Audio system urged individuals to vote within the election — highlighting that abortion is on the poll in 9 states.
“What number of of you’re going to vote on Tuesday? What number of of you’ll be able to’t wait to get up to a girl 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 Girls’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Leslie Rosenberg, of Boston, cheers in the course of the Nationwide Girls’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Tracy Murphy advised NBC 10 Boston that she organized the ladies’s march as a result of she wished to present it her all regardless of who wins.
“Right now’s message is that we would like everyone to vote,” Murphy mentioned.
Folks rally on Boston Widespread in the course of the Nationwide Girls’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Mimi Balsamo, of Quincy, Mass., attends the Nationwide Girls’s March on Boston Widespread, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Abortion and the 2024 election
Because the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion entry has returned to the state stage.
Abortion has remained a hot-button difficulty within the 2024 election – with abortion being a high difficulty for a lot of feminine voters.
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9 states will contemplate constitutional amendments that may enshrine abortion rights — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota.
Folks rally on Boston Widespread in the course of the Nationwide Girls’s March, Saturday, in Boston. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
A report variety of voters suppose abortion needs to be authorized, with two-thirds favoring a nationwide legislation guaranteeing entry, based on a Fox Information nationwide survey performed 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 report low of 44% in April 2022.Â
Ami Faria and her daughter Amelia, of Exeter, N.H., attend the Nationwide Girls’s March on Boston Widespread, Saturday. (AP Picture/Michael Dwyer)
Help 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).Â
General, simply 7% suppose abortion ought to by no means be permitted, whereas 5 instances 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 avoid wasting the lifetime of the mom.Â
Former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris (Getty Photographs)
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 chance 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.Â
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 ladies and that he would search additional restrictions.
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Harris has forged her place on the subject as creating laws to revive the nationwide abortion proper that was eradicated following Roe v. Wade.Â
She has additionally vowed to guard entry to the abortion drug mifepristone, calling the drug “important remedy.”
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Fox Information’ Victoria Balara and the Related Press contributed to this report.
