AZ: Women rally for reproductive rights as they look to the 2024 elections

Fifty-one years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to protect abortion as a fundamental constitutional right of women, but in 2022 a newly conservative bench overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving women across the country in the lurch — and with fewer rights.

When Sarah Shtylla heard that her toddler faced a future with less rights than she had lived with for decades, she was shattered.

“I want her to have more than we have,” she said, her voice breaking as she looked at 4-year-old Emilia, decked out in a pink knitted hat and a badge declaring “Bans Off My Body.”

The two joined hundreds of other Arizonans on Saturday who gathered across the street from the state Capitol to commemorate the fall of Roe and call for the election of pro-choice candidates. Organized by Women’s March, the rally is a highly attended annual event that highlights gender equality.


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