Thousands attend Bans off our Bodies throughout Colorado

Yesterday was the Bans off our Bodies Rally organized by Planned Parenthood around the country to protest the possible Supreme Court decision to roll back bodily autonomy rights for women. Rights long-fought for by generations of women, for the right to be able to choose to carry a pregnancy to term—or not.

Bans off our Bodies-Planned Parenthood

The rallies began after Politico published a leaked opinion written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito calling to roll back 50 years of medical freedom for women.

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Coloradoans did not disappoint and came out by the thousands in Denver for a protest and march. While officers attempted to tell us the crowd was about 1,000 people, it is clear from our video, that it is well beyond that estimate, with our speculation somewhere more like between 4,000-6,000 in attendance.

While there were protests in Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, Colorado Springs, Durango and more, we were also able to make it to Longmont for their rally at 1 pm following Denver’s march. Longmont saw a healthy crowd of hundreds, along with State Representative Karen McCormick, who was seen greeting the crowd.

Daniel Ellsberg, age 91, most famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers surrounding the Vietnam war, stated in this NPR interview;

“Unauthorized disclosures are the lifeline of a republic,” he told NPR during a phone interview from his home in Northern California.

And anyone who chooses to take on the burden of sharing such information in the public interest, “is doing this republic a very great service and helping it to remain a republic.”

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