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Sayin' it LOUD: San Francisco is Pro-Choice and Proud!
Although it is difficult to estimate the size of this year's Walk for Life, it was decidedly smaller than in past years. By its own estimate, the group against reproductive choice was 20,000 to 30,000. However the San Francisco Chronicle estimated the size at "several thousand", not the "tens of thousands" that the pro-lifers claim. More than 200 pro-choice activists, while a smaller group, had a significant presence with music by Brass Liberation Orchestra, the Raging Grannies, a great pro-woman rapper on stage...PLUS loud chants directed at the anti-choice invaders.
Rain could not stop them! On January 23 the action started up at 10am on Justin Herman Plaza's Music Concourse with a rally against the right wing "Walk for Life - West Coast". After the rally, at about 11:30am, pro-choice activists began their march to Pier 39.
Their demands included affordable, accessible abortion without apology, and the elimination of insurance companies via a single payer Medicare for All style national health care system, with true universal coverage. In addition to concerns for women's healthcare, the coalition of activists demanded an end to sexual violence and rightwing terrorism. They called for civil rights for queers and immigrants.
The Day of Action for Reproductive Justice was endorsed by many community groups, elected officials, individuals and grassroots organizations. An abbreviated list includes: California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Single Payer Now, Nursing Students for Choice - UCSF, American Federation of Teachers (AFT Local 212), and Latin American Alliance for Immigrant Rights (ALIADI). State Senator Mark Leno endorsed the action as did State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who addressed the crowd.
Their demands included affordable, accessible abortion without apology, and the elimination of insurance companies via a single payer Medicare for All style national health care system, with true universal coverage. In addition to concerns for women's healthcare, the coalition of activists demanded an end to sexual violence and rightwing terrorism. They called for civil rights for queers and immigrants.
The Day of Action for Reproductive Justice was endorsed by many community groups, elected officials, individuals and grassroots organizations. An abbreviated list includes: California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Single Payer Now, Nursing Students for Choice - UCSF, American Federation of Teachers (AFT Local 212), and Latin American Alliance for Immigrant Rights (ALIADI). State Senator Mark Leno endorsed the action as did State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who addressed the crowd.
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Great To See Young Women!
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Religious control of human population growth
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Asian-Amerian Walk for Lifers Won't Talk about this
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links for more info on fissures in pro-life movement
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Thank you for discussing the fissues within the pro life movement
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Within the 'Pro-Life' Movement there are fissures
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Rap Performance
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To BACCOR
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you should come to a meeting and suggest this
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