The Women’s Fund SouthCoast and other members of the Women’s Alliance and the Our Bodies Our Lives Coalition rallied on Saturday, April 15th from 11 am -12 pm at the Federal Building located at 53 N Sixth Street in New Bedford. We marched to protest the Texas ruling which threatens to have far-reaching ramifications for women, girls, and other birthing people in Massachusetts, especially our region.
In a letter to the New Bedford Light members of the Women’s Alliance wrote, “By the time Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, it was clear that not only abortion but access to birth control and hard-won LBGTQ+ rights could also be in jeopardy. The mission of the coalition is to educate, empower, engage, facilitate, support, and protect the right to personal body freedom.”