‘We’re pissed off’: Abortion rights supporters reflect on two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned

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“We’re pissed off,” Thomas said disgustedly as she and around 40 other men and women gathered in front of the First Unitarian Church of Hobart Tuesday on the second anniversary of the Dobbs ruling …

Hannah Knight, of Crown Point, addresses the crowd at First Unitarian Church of Hobart on June 24, 2024. Gail Thomas was a young mother in 1973 and wasn’t necessarily paying attention when the verdict in Roe v. Wade was handed down because she never believed she’d need to.

Josh Thormann, left, and his wife Reginia Thormann, of Hobart, grab their signs as Becky Hascom, of Gary, takes a load off her feet at a protest against the 2022 Dobbs decision on June 24, 2024. Lack of transportation is something of which Thomas is way more aware now than she was before, she said. And she knows the horror stories of women without reasonable access are coming.

A couple from St. John asked that their names not be used because they’re surrounded by anti-abortion supporters in their neighborhood. The woman said she had an abortion when she was a teen in the 1970s because birth control failed for her. “They talk about life, but then you ask them about the death penalty, and they support that. How does that work?” he said. “America is very advanced technologically, but socially, it’s sadly the 1800s.”

 

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