SANDRA: PROTESTERS ARE IN THE
STREETS OF LA.
MANY U.S. CITIES THEY SAY
ABORTION RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK.
IN SEVERAL STATES.
GOOD AFTERNOON I'M SANDRA
MITCHELL.
OUR TOP STORY ON KCAL9 NEWS AT
NOON, THERE ARE PROTESTS IN A
MOST EVERY STATE.
DEMONSTRATE AS LONG AS A
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION.
KARA FINNSTROM IS IN WEST
HOLLYWOOD.
REPORTER: WE DID HAVE A HUGE
CROWD HERE JAS THE MOVEMENT HAS
GAINED MOMENTUM, REALLY THERE
HAVE BEENDIFFERENT PROTESTERS
POPPING UP ABOUT MORE THAN A
DOZEN ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND AND
THE CROWD THAT WAS JUST HERE
HAS PILED INTO CARS AND LEFT.
THIS IS WHAT WE SAW ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO.
WE ARE HERE TO SAY NO YOU
DON'T!
BEFORE THAT WAS THE, SHE KICKED
UP TALKING WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL DECISION LAST NIGHT
NOT SPEND DOLLARS THAT OF PAST
LAWS THAT AIM TO RESTRICT
ABORTION ACCESS.
SO
LAWS AND OTHERS CONSIDERING
THE.
ALABAMA'S LOG WAS THE FURTHEST.
IT BANNED ABORTIONS IN CASES OF
RAPE AND INCEST.SAY A NUMBER
OF SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF SUCH LAWS.
WOMAN WHO LIVED 100 MILES
AWAY FROM THE NEAREST
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINIC.
WOMEN WHO ARE PRESSURED TO NOT
GET IAND ABORTION EVEN IF THE
RIGHT THING FOR THEM.
NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, WE
NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND
FIGHT.
REPORTER: HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
LARGE RALLY IN FRONT OF THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT.
IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED THE NEW
WAVE OF STATE LAWS WERE
DESIGNED TO FORCE A SHOWDOWN ON
ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE NATIONS
HIGHEST CORPORATE PURCHASES
FREQUENT RAIN FROM A REVERSAL
OF ROE V WADE TO RETURN OF MORE
POWER TO AN INDIVIDUAL STATES.
WITH WOMEN DRIVING CROSS STATE
LINES TO GET ABORTION SERVICES.
LET'S GET A LOOK AT ANOTHER
RALLY IN ST. PETERSBURG
FLORIDA.
DOZENS OF ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING THE ACLU AND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HAVE BEEN TAKING
PART IN TODAY'S RALLIES.
WEST A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU, SHOT
EARLIER TODAY IN LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY.
PROTESTERS JUST AS CHARACTERS
FROM THE HANDMAIDS TALE SAYING
THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS.
BACK HERE LIVE WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ANY COUNTER PROTESTS TODAY BUT
WE CAN SAY THIS HAS BEEN A
DEBATE WHERE BOTH SIDES HAVE
BEEN VERY VOCAL.
