Texas law sparks hundreds of U.S. protests against abortion restrictions

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The 660 demonstrations around the United States were largely sparked by a Texas law that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

The law relies on ordinary citizens to enforce the ban, which makes no exceptions for rape or incest, rewarding them at least $10,000 if they successfully sue anyone who helped provide an illegal abortion.

Washington protesters marched to the U.S. Supreme Court two days before the court reconvenes for a session in which the justices will consider a Mississippi case that could enable them to overturn abortion rights established in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case. “It’s cruel and it’s sure as hell not Christian,” Kenya Martin, of the nonprofit Abortion Care Network told several thousand Washington protesters.Under sunny skies, the demonstrators carried signs that said, “Bans off my body,” “Think outside my box” and “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries.”

“We want to call on everyone to respect life,” said Albert Stecklein, a 56-year-old business administrator from Rockville, Maryland. “The child in the womb is no less deserving of respect and dignity than you or me.”

 

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