WASHINGTON, D.C- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wed, Dec 1 in the celebrated abortion rights case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which challenges a Mississippi law that bans practically all abortions after 15 weeks. The celebrated case is, by most standards, the latest attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
A decision by the nine justices is expected in June as protests from both sides are expected in Washington., D.C. on Monday outside of the Supreme Court.
Women’s March National has a pro-choice rally planned that day starting at Columbus Circle at 1 p.m. followed by a 2:15 p.m. march to “encircle” the Supreme Court. Another pro-choice rally, hosted by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Abortion Access Coalition, will take place in front of the Supreme Court at 7:30 a.m. The anti-abortion group Created Equal is planning a protest at Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, Nov 30, and then an 8 a.m. rally outside the Supreme Court on Dec 1.
The aforementioned actions come on the heels of protests in DC last month following Texas’ restrictive abortion law that banned abortions after six weeks and encouraged citizens to sue people who violated the ban. The Supreme Court previously voted against blocking the Texas ban.
On Oct 2 Women's March National spearheaded some 650 sister marches in cities across the country to protest the Texas antiabortion law with the central march that day in D.C.
The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, educational equity, reproductive rights, environmental justice, LGBTQ rights, racial inequality, poverty, freedom of religion, workers' rights, equal pay and police and criminal justice reform.
Now led by executive director Rachael O'Leary Carmona, Women's March National, a non profit organization for women's rights, is governed by a 16-member board of directors. Its national organizing director is Kate Shapiro, a grassroots organizer.
