LOS ANGELES—Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the Southland Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to protect abortion rights, with the U.S. Supreme Court apparently poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The Women’s March Foundation said it received more than 50,000 signups for the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally outside Los Angeles City Hall, which began at 10 a.m.
Speakers at the event included Mayor Eric Garcetti, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), Reps. Karen Bass and Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), attorney Gloria Allred, state Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, and more.
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