Thousands urge Supreme Court: Protect reproductive choice-and access
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By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON-For Molly Duane, the right to reproductive choice, and access to it, is "a family passion."

The young woman from Denver, whose sign declared "Abortion is kosher," was one of thousands of people massed outside the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 to urge the justices to preserve reproductive choice and, as importantly, the ability to exercise it.

Duane's sign was from the National Council of Jewish Women, one of many groups whose members showed up at the High Court the morning of March 4. Others ranged from the ACLU to Planned Parenthood to Catholics for Choice to NARAL. Unionists there included at least several Teamsters.

Inside, Duane's sister, attorney Isadora Bilsky, sat with the Center for Reproductive Rights team as lead counsel Julie Rikelman argued against a Louisiana law that would literally shut two of the state's three abortion clinics. Only one doctor in one Louisiana clinic would be left to provide abortions to the million women, 70% of them women of color, who need them there....

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