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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:34 AM Jul 2014

Hundreds rally in Boston to support women’s rights

Could someone do me a favor and post the crowd pic that goes with this article? Thanks!

Oh... and Thank you, Boston!!!

Edited to add link: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/08/patrick-rallies-hundreds-gathered-city-hall-plaza-oppose-high-court-decisions-women-issues/QEsTzk28rJRObzH1skg1UO/story.html
The Boston Globe
Hundreds rally to support women’s rights
By Jeremy C. Fox | Globe Correspondent July 09, 2014

Governor Deval Patrick told an energized crowd rallying in support of access to contraception and abortion Tuesday to not be discouraged by recent US Supreme Court rulings.

“You’ve got a Legislature, legislative leadership, and a governor who want to make this right,” Patrick told hundreds assembled at City Hall Plaza. “Come make a claim on your government and tell your stories, above all, because we have to build the record that will sustain the legislation I believe we can move and get enacted before the session ends at the end of this month.”

Cheers rose from the plaza, where the crowd had gathered to voice outrage at recent rulings that struck down a Massachusetts law banning protesters within 35 feet of abortion clinics and that approved of a religious exemption to the federal requirement that employers cover contraception in insurance plans.

Patrick and state Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed him, have called for new legislation to crack down on harassment and obstruction outside abortion clinics.... MORE at link posted above.

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Hundreds rally in Boston to support women’s rights (Original Post) theHandpuppet Jul 2014 OP
Here's the photo... DreamGypsy Jul 2014 #1
Thanks so much! theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #3
Looks like they are having a good time. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #11
Millions across America should be rallying to support women’s rights! nt William769 Jul 2014 #2
Not according to some here theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #4
Well one just bit the dust. William769 Jul 2014 #5
Yay! Sweet Freedom Jul 2014 #6
Not wasting time at all yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #26
There probably are... ReRe Jul 2014 #12
No I did not, sorry about that. William769 Jul 2014 #13
Ahh... ReRe Jul 2014 #14
Niyad and I both posted threads about the protests theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #15
Thanks! That's the one! ;-) n/t ReRe Jul 2014 #17
Feel free to give it a kick theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #20
Okey-dokey! n/t ReRe Jul 2014 #22
I can't sing but I can dance! William769 Jul 2014 #16
Oh, we're going to need dancers! ReRe Jul 2014 #18
I'm expecting a video theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #21
March on Washington-September 13, 2014 pamela Jul 2014 #27
Thank you for that! William769 Jul 2014 #28
You're welcome! pamela Jul 2014 #29
An organized rally with busses? Whomever put this together, I'm in for $10. genwah Jul 2014 #7
There were a number of groups involved in organizing this protest... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #8
Thank you. genwah Jul 2014 #25
We need to see a lot more of this kind of thing. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #9
+1 Enthusiast Jul 2014 #10
Let it be the beginning of a popular uprising theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #19
And it's not many millions across the country every day... ananda Jul 2014 #23
I don't know... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #24
Thank you for finding this. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #30
You're most welcome theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #31
I'll check it out, theHandpuppet. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #32
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
26. Not wasting time at all
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 06:02 PM
Jul 2014

Although I though Supreme Court decisions were settled law. I remember the Conservatives crying about ACA with the Supreme Court and were pissed with Roberts especially and he said, "Too bad, settled law".

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
12. There probably are...
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 01:35 PM
Jul 2014

... millions rallying, but we'll never know about it, because the MSM won't tell us. I do know that many women are protesting near HL stores. Did you see the thread in the past few days with all the links to those protests? If not, I will try to find it for you.

William769

(55,147 posts)
13. No I did not, sorry about that.
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 01:41 PM
Jul 2014

What I meant was a March on Washington. couldn't hurt and I would be happy to join that march.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
14. Ahh...
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 01:54 PM
Jul 2014

... I see. I looked for that thread I mentioned and it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Yes, I do agree that there should be large protests with rally and marches. And I believe there will be. I hope the theme song is Katie Perry's Roar! Can you hear hundreds of thousand of women marching down the street singing that song??? I can. And I'll be one of them!

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
20. Feel free to give it a kick
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 02:10 PM
Jul 2014


There are more major protests planned for this weekend and the information can be found in my thread.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
8. There were a number of groups involved in organizing this protest...
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 11:27 AM
Jul 2014

... including the ACLU of Massachusetts, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend). Take your pick -- they could all use a contribution!

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
19. Let it be the beginning of a popular uprising
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 02:08 PM
Jul 2014

We've been kicked in the teeth by the Teapartiers, the Repukes and religious zealots for far too long. Time to STAND UP and FIGHT BACK!

sheshe2

(83,757 posts)
30. Thank you for finding this.
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:47 PM
Jul 2014

I searched everywhere yesterday for some coverage of the event. Watched the news on Tuesday also, I saw zip!

I wasn't able to get there.

GOTV 2014~
Coakley for Governor of Massachusetts.

Coakley told the crowd of women and men, “Let’s just not get angry — let’s get even.” She said the decisions are among many obstacles impeding women’s efforts to achieve full equality with men.


Thanks~ theHandpuppet

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
31. You're most welcome
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 11:20 PM
Jul 2014

I posted another article about the Boston protest at the Womens Rights & Issues Group.

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