NJ Senators To Lead Abortion Rights Rally Monday: Report

NEW JERSEY - U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker of New Jersey are slated to lead a rally in support of federal abortion rights on Monday, according to a News12 report.

The rally, set to take place at Rutgers’ Newark campus, comes just days before a Senate vote aimed at codifying abortion rights into federal law.

The demonstration also comes days after a leaked draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court indicating a ruling that would overturn Roe V. Wade, a 1973 decision that legalized abortion across the country.

“This opinion would strip people of the constitutional right to make their own medical decisions with their doctor, even in the most extreme and unthinkable circumstances, such as in the case of rape, incest, or if someone’s life is endangered by continuing a pregnancy,” Booker said in a statement reacting to the leaked draft opinion.

“In recent years Republican officeholders have accelerated their longstanding effort to control, criminalize, and dehumanize people’s most personal reproductive health decisions. Already, 13 states have laws on the books that would automatically ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned. And it’s clear that Republicans in Congress are preparing to outlaw and criminalize all abortions nationwide. Abortion is health care, and it’s the federal government’s mandate to protect people’s most fundamental rights.”