“Over 700 people gathered in Gainesville’s Bo Diddley Plaza on Saturday for the North Central FL Bans Off Our Bodies March & Rally. Despite the successful turnout, allegations were levied against Danielle Hawk, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 3, for disrupting the logistical planning of the women’s march.
Since 1973, Roe v. Wade has federally protected the right to an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy, granted by the right to privacy interpreted in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Across the country, women’s rights advocates were spurred into action when a leaked Supreme Court majority opinion draft by Justice Samuel Alito indicated the Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade. Alito argues Roe v. Wade was “exceptionally weak” and “egregiously wrong” — though the draft decision is by no means final.”
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