Abortion rights rally in Wausau. Image courtesy: WAOW TV
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) — More than 100 people marched from Wausau’s 400 Block to the courthouse on Saturday in support of abortion rights.
“Just seeing this many people out here is mind-blowing,” event organizer Bailey McFarland told WAOW TV.
Together protesters took a stand, calling on lawmakers not to overturn the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. Roe V. Wade legalized abortions before fetus viability.
The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion sparked McFarland to organize the protest.
“I heard about the overturn on a Thursday,” McFarland said. “…By the time I got off of work on Friday, I had this event created. And within three days, I had over 200 hundred people saying they were coming.”
A small group of Anti-abortion protesters stood in the 400 Block praying as the demonstration happened.
“We are praying for everybody, for healing of the mothers,” counter-protestor Janet Nichols said. “Healing for fathers that never were fathers and for grandparents who never got to see their children.”
Currently, abortion is still legal across the United States. The Supreme Court is expected to release the final opinion this summer. Should the leaked opinion stand up, abortion laws would revert back to the states which could lead to Wisconsin’s ban on nearly all abortions going back into effect.
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