Pro-choice rally held in Harrisburg as abortion debate heats up ahead of primary election

The Capitol steps was covered in signs on Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators came together to show their support for abortion rights.

“Our message is ‘Bans off our bodies,'” said Sam Bobila, chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood Keystone.

[cellonpot]

Women who cannot make their own decisions about whether or not to have babies are enslaved because the state claims ownership of their bodies and the right to dictate the use to which their bodies must be put. The only similar circumstance for men is conscription into an army. In both cases there is risk to the individual’s life, but an army conscript is at least provided with food, clothing, and lodging. Even criminals in prisons have a right to those things. If the state is mandating enforced childbirth, why should it not pay for prenatal care, for the birth itself, for postnatal care, and – for babies who are not sold off to richer families – for the cost of bringing up the child?

- Margaret Atwood

[kzmom]

That sign & costume are hilarious!

[finz]

"The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open."

(Hosea 13:16)

[marlenechioda]

God commands, Thou shalt not kill…Exodus 20:13 The egg of an eagle has more protection with the law than the precious life of unborn babies.

[eugenehicks]

Teacher your daughters about contraception and other options before an unwanted baby is Created. Abortion is not contraception, its the destroying of a life.🤱💉🥼