BARRY:
AS MORE STATES MOVE TO BAN
ABORTION, ACTIVISTS ARE TAKING
STEPS TO MAKE SURE
MASSACHUSETTS ISN'T ONE OF THEM.
22NEWS REPORTER JODI REED IS IN
BOSTON WHERE PRO-CHOICE
ACTIVISTS
STAGED A RALLY.
JODI REED:
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED
OUTSIDE THE STATEHOUSE
TODAY TO LET LAWMAKER KNOW THEY
WANT THEM TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HELD
SIGNS ON THE STATEHOUSE STEPS
THAT READ 'WE
CANNOT GO BACK' AND 'MY BODY, MY
CHOICE'.
THIS PROTEST COMES AFTER ALABAMA
PASSED THE COUNTRY'S MOST
RESITRICTIVE ABORTION BAN.
I FEARED THIS DAY FOR A LONG
TIME BUT IT'S WORSE
THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
MANY OF THE STATE'S PRO-CHOICE
ORGANIZATIONS WORRY THAT "ROE V.
WADE" WILL BE OVERTURNED BY A
SUPREME COURT NOW DOMINATED BY A
MAJORITY OF CONSERVATIVE
JUSTICES.
WOMEN ARE PEOPLE AND THEY SHOULD
BE ABLE TO
CONTROL THEIR OWN BODIES NOT TO
BE SIMPLY BABY FARMS.
THE ACTIVISTS ARE ALSO
REQUESTING EXPANDED ACCESS TO
BIRTH CONTROL AND
SOCIAL SERVICES, SOMETHING THEY
BELIEVE WOULD BENEFIT FAMILIES
ACROSS THE STATE.
THE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY
INSTITUTE, A PRO-LIFE
ORGANIZATION, ISSUED
A STATEMENT TO 22NEWS SAYING
THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT
PLANNED
PARENTHOOD'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND
ABORTION ACCESS, REGARDLESS OF
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
JODI REED:
THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE
ON BOTH SIDES. THE SUPREME COURT
MAY
END UP DECIDING THE LEGALITY OF
THE ALABAMA ABORTION BAN.
22NEWS WILL CONTINUE TO COVER
BOTH SIDES OF THIS DEBATE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
AT THE 22NEWS STATEHOUSE IN
BOSTON, JODI REED 22NEWS.
