Demonstrators took to Bay Area streets one day after a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked. It indicated the court could strike down abortion rights.
Organizers said protests are the way to tell the Supreme Court of the United States they do not have the right to deny women abortions. Two demonstrations in San Francisco and one in Oakland were held Tuesday in the aftermath of the court's draft decision to overturn Roe was leaked a day earlier.Demonstrators across the country took to the streets one day after a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked. It indicated the court could strike down abortion rights.
"We are not going back to a world where people are forced to give birth," said one speaker at the podium as she addressed the crowd. "This is a gut punch," said California Attorney General Ron Bonta,"I want people to know that their California Attorney General stands with them, will fight. I will use the full authority of the law, the full power of the office to protect the constitutional right to an abortion."
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