Pro-Choice Rally Friday In Hillsborough After Roe v. Wade Overturned

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Our Revolution Hillsborough will hold a protest Friday night.

"The people in our community and in the country deserve the fundamental freedom to make their own personal reproductive health care decisions," the group said in a news release. "The organizers believe that it is necessary to act now, all across the country, not only to demonstrate that abortion access has people’s support but to show that we will not back down."

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The protest and rally will be at the intersection of Route 206 and Amwell Road from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on June 24.

The court's repudiation of Roe and a subsequent case on fetal liability — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — was expected. In May, Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s majority opinion draft was leaked to Politico, setting the stage for a seismic shift in abortion rights.

"The unprecedented leak from the court and now the decision to overturn Roe V Wade will reverse almost 50 years of precedent and end federal constitutional protections for legal abortions," Our Revolution Hillsborough said in a news release. "Twenty-six states could move quickly to ban abortion. Female reproductive rights, gender equality, and the right to safe healthcare have all taken a setback with this overturned decision."