'Dream bigger': How weekend marches keep advocates' fight for Roe v. Wade alive on 50th anniversary

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66% : Biden signs landmark bill protecting same-sex, interracial marriageSince 2020, a Harvard University research library has been planning an exhibition for Roe's 50th anniversary, said Ziegler, also a curator of the exhibition.
50% : Post-Roe abortion battle draws attention to state judicial elections, new legal strategiesCASES TO WATCH IN 2023: Eyes on states as challenges to abortion bans move through courtsDanika Severino Wynn, a midwife and vice president of abortion access at Planned Parenthood, called last year's Roe v. Wade Day "a bittersweet anniversary," adding advocates were "already in prep mode because we had a strong feeling of what was to come.
50% : The exhibition's narration was edited to reflect the new reality of abortion access, and the result was titled "The Age of Roe: The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion in America."
49% : "But we will be commemorating it regardless as a sign of our plan to keep marching forward and fighting for what was taken away."MATERNAL MORTALITY, ABORTION ACCCESS: Maternal, infant death rates higher in states that ban or restrict abortion, report findsDespite the Dobbs decision, advocates said recent wins for increased abortion access, including the FDA green light for pharmacies to provide abortion pills, a Justice Department decision to allow the United States Postal Service to deliver the pills and challenges to state abortion bans, offer hope.
47% : Travel times to abortion facilities surged significantly after overturn of Roe v. WadeFor anti-abortion activists, the Dobbs decision was also a galvanizing moment and "an enormous milestone and the achievement of a seminal goal of the March for Life from the beginning," said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life.
46% : Meanwhile, anti-abortion protesters will gather Friday at the annual March for Life days before the 50th anniversary of Roe with the theme "Next Steps: Marching in a Post-Roe America."Newly emboldened anti-abortion demonstrators also plan to protest at pharmacies next month, expressing their objection to the FDA allowing the sale of abortion pills at these retailers - in states where they are legal.
45% : For instance, she said, there's a new push to undo effects of the Hyde amendment, which limits the use of federal Medicaid funds for abortion and other restrictions on funding and insurance coverage for abortion care.
44% : And in states where abortion remains legal, providers were quickly overwhelmed by patients.
43% : Each year since 1973, abortion rights activists have gathered on Jan. 22 for Roe v. Wade Day to celebrate the Supreme Court decision that granted a constitutional right to abortion.

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