Pro-Choice Activists Hold Rally to Mark Roe v. Wade

    Pawtucket Times
    January 23, 2012

    BY Jim Baron

    PROVIDENCE – Combining legislators, activists and women’s rights groups, the Rhode Island Choice Coalition held a rally in the Statehouse Rotunda Thursday in anticipation of Sunday’s 39th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in America....

    Pictures from the Event

    Rabbi Peter Stein welcomes the group & provides the convocation. PPSNE President & CEO Judy Tabar provides the facts. Rep. Edith Ajello reminds us to not let the health exchange be threatened by anti-choice rhetoric. Rep. Teresa Tanzi fires up the crowd! Rep. Larry Valencia encourages participants to stay vigilant. Sen. Josh Miller reminds us it is not the government's role to make decisions about a woman's health. ACLU Executive Director Steve Brown notes that there are now two generations of "post-Roe" women. We must remain watchful The NOW LADIES!