San Francisco Women's March To Be Held Saturday

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco demonstrators are slated to hit the streets Saturday in support of abortion rights.

The rally is one of many events planned across all 50 states in concert with the national Women's March organization.

Two dozen organizations are sponsoring the San Francisco March. Participants are asked to line up at 10:45 a.m. at Grove and Hyde Streets. The march will begin at 11 a.m. and will proceed down Market Street to Embarcadero Plaza, where marchers will disperse. There will be no rally.

The first Women's March was held in Washington the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Millions worldwide have since gathered for the events and rallied around a range of matters related to social justice, including equal pay, gender-based violence, reproductive health care, LGBTQ rights and more.

The Women's March rallies are planned days before the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Oct. 4 and two months before justices begin hearing a case regarding a Mississippi abortion law, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, that is believed to pose a threat to the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.

We're angry. With the Supreme Court refusing to block #SB8, our reproductive freedoms are in serious danger.

We will march in all 50 states, and show them that we're willing to fight for our rights. Host a march in your community: https://t.co/zQe3hGsPkG
— Women's March (@womensmarch) September 21, 2021

In the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, the court upheld a woman's right to abortion until about six months into her pregnancy, when the fetus would be able to survive outside of the womb. Abortions are banned well before this point in Mississipi, where most abortions are banned after 15 weeks, NPR reported.

Just this month, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to decline to hear a case regarding a Texas law that blocked most abortions, The New York Times reported.

"Abortion has never been fully accessible, but we are at the risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely," Women's March said on its website. "The call to action is clear, and urgent. The relentless attacks from Texas to Mississippi are ramping up quickly."

Anti-abortion advocates argue a fetus should have rights equal to the woman carrying it.

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