In photos and video: "Freedom to Choose Racine" hosted pro-choice rally on Monument Square Saturday
Watch now: A rally Saturday on Monument Square followed the recent leak of a document that showed the United States Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Among the speakers was state Rep. Greta Neubauer. and Mayor Cory Mason.
Rally for choice on Monument Square
Freedom to Choose Racine organized a rally May 7 on Monument Square following the leak of a document that showed the United States Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.
The Handmaid's Tale
Rachael Benson appears Saturday in a dress from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the 1985 book by Margaret Atwood where characters known as "handmaids" are forced to have children for the ruling class of men.
Tina Furness-Ullrich and Angela Malone
Tina Furness-Ullrich said society seems to be based on cruelty and punishment and there needs to be a paradigm shift in order to get to a place where society leads with love. For Angela Malone said she came because she did not know what else to do. She participated in the women's march on Washington DC six years ago, and what they thought might happen did happen. "This is not unexpected in any way," she said.
Watch Now: Rep. Greta Neubauer at the Freedom to Choose Racine rally
Stacie Albert
Stacie Albert, of Kenosha, attended the rally to talk about an aspect of the discussion that is frequently forgotten: when a person has to terminate their pregnancy for medical reasons. "Our story gets lost," she said. Her baby boy was very much loved and wanted but was very sick, she said. She spoke of how hard these decisions are for families and how much worse it could be without a safe and supportive place to go for the termination.
Leslie Carver: this is 17th century bad
Leslie Carver attended the Freedom to Choose Racine rally with a sign the expressed the sentiment of many who attended, that of going back in time and losing ground on the rights obtained by previous generations.
Kiersten Gruen demonstrates on Monument Square
Kiersten Gruen said, "We're supposed to go forward in time, not back" while attendees chanted, "Fight back."
Representative Greta Neubauer outlines the plan for immediate action
State Rep. Greta Neubauer, left, spoke Saturday, May 7, on Monument Square in support of abortion's legality.
"This time I'm here for my daughter"
The Freedom to Choose Racine rally on Monument Square was frequently about preserving rights for future generations.
Freedom to Choose Racine
Freedom to Choose Racine hastily organized a rally on Monument Square Saturday, May 7, after a leaked document appeared to show the United States Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Within months, Roe v. Wade was overturned and the right to an abortion was immediately removed in many states, including Wisconsin.
Dee Hölzel
Reporter
Freedom to Choose, a local pro-choice organization, rallied on Monument Square Saturday in advance of the possibility that the United States Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade.
Right now, a woman who survives sexual assault or rape and wants to get an abortion cannot legally do it in the State of Wisconsin. That was at the core of a protest in Burlington Monday.