Tri-Cities protest is part of national rallies spurred by Texas abortion law
Tri-Cities protesters plan to take to the streets on Saturday, Oct. 2, as part of a series of national rallies against a Texas abortion law.
Backlash over the law prompted the Womxn’s March for Reproductive Rights in cities nationwide this weekend.
The Tri-Cities event is 1 p.m. Saturday in front of WinCo Foods at 4602 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick.
Organizers of the Kennewick event say the Texas law is part of a larger set of problems facing women.
“Why is it that for the last 50+ years reproductive rights have left the privacy of their doctors’ offices and been made a public display of politicized propaganda?” according to the event’s Facebook page.
The Texas law went into effect Sept. 1, and bans any abortion as soon as six weeks after conception, and allows nearly any private citizen to sue an abortion provider.