Beverly Hills Locals Participate In Saturday's Women's March

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Beverly Hills locals spoke out against the Texas six-week abortion ban Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets across the country.

Saturday's nation-wide activism was organized by the Women's March Foundation, the movement made famous by their massive rally following former president Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration. KTLA reported there were over 600 Women's March events across the country this weekend to advocate for women's reproductive rights.

While the main event was in Washington D.C., Beverly Hills locals held signs at the Beverly Hills sign on Santa Monica Boulevard as part of a "sister march." Mayor Robert Wunderlich addressed the crowd to support their efforts.

"This march, as well as the marches around the country, are an instrumental part of ensuring that women do have their reproductive rights,” Wunderlich said at the event.

Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred — known for representing Nicole Simpson in the OJ Simpson trial — also addressed the Beverly Hills crowd Saturday.

This year's march took aim at the Texas abortion ban, which allows private citizens to sue anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion after six weeks, including the clinic or a person who drives the woman to the clinic. It does not provide exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

"Here we are again, having another moment where we demand to be heard, because the stakes have never been higher," actor Rosanna Arquette said at a march in downtown Los Angeles. "What have we learned since we were last together, that equal rights have a ceiling. We learned that despite all our promises for protecting Roe v. Wade, all our rights could be obliterated with the stroke of a corrupt governor's pen."

City News Service and Patch Reporter Emily Rahhal contributed to this story.