Boston Globe: Scenes from the Roe v. Wade rally for abortion rights in Providence

Boston Globe, May 3, 2022 | By Alexa Gagosz and Carlos R. Muñoz || Hundreds of people gathered in front of the State House to protest the US Supreme court’s apparent decision to overturn the 1973 landmark case about abortion rights. College students raised signs, abortion providers marched up the hill to the State House’s stairs wearing their white coats, and women who said they came of age when abortion was still illegal throughout the US were in the crowd. They cheered on speakers, like Tammy Brown, a board member of The Womxn Project, who called on Governor Dan McKee to submit a budget amendment that would use the state’s Medicaid program to cover abortions.

 

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