Hundreds of people congregated Saturday at Pittsburgh’s City-County Building to rally against abortion restrictions.
This comes after a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting the high court was poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide was leaked earlier this month.
The Bans off Our Bodies Rally drew a crowd of nearly 1,000, many holding signs in support of the right to abortion.
The event began with several speakers — including Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Tracy Baton, director of the Women’s March Pittsburgh — offering messages in support of abortion outside of the City-County Building. The group also learned chants supporting their message.
They then marched from Grant Street to Fifth Avenue, then Liberty Avenue, before stopping in Market Square.
Participants were taught how to help people register to vote, and encouraged to help people register for the November general election, in hopes of bolstering votes for pro-choice candidates.
