Viewfinder: Protesters Across the U.S. Rally Against Abortion Bans

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: May 22, 2019

A woman speaks during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21st, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia "heartbeat" bill would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Alabama abortion law, signed by Governor Kay Ivey last week, includes no exceptions for cases of rape and incest, outlawing all abortions except when necessary to prevent serious health problems for the pregnant person. The new law also punishes doctors for performing an abortion, making the procedure a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison.
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Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

Amnesty International protesters (front) call for a change in Northern Irish abortion law as they walk past a counter demonstration at Parliament Square on February 26th, 2019, in London, England. Northern Ireland is currently the only country in the United Kingdom where it is illegal to have an abortion. Each protester with Amnesty International carried a suitcase containing sheets of paper with the names of 62,000 people calling for the decriminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland. The counter protesters each held a box containing 10,000 names symbolizing the 100,000 people who are alive today because of Northern Ireland's abortion laws.

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Amnesty International protesters call for a change in Northern Irish abortion law as they walk past a counter demonstration at Parliament Square on February 26th, 2019, in London, England.

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Demonstrators protest against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization near the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4th, 2019, as NATO ministers gather for a meeting.

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Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

Protesters in Hong Kong march against the proposed extradition law, which would allow the territory to transfer crime suspects to mainland China for trial there, on April 28th, 2019.

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Tens of thousands marched against the territory's proposed extradition law, which would allow the transfer of crime suspects to mainland China for trial.

Students gather at a gun control rally at the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Students from area high schools participated in the event to mark the one-year anniversary of a nationwide gun violence walkout protest that was prompted by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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Students gather at a gun control rally at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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