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    Abortion rights hang in the balance, as advocates rally across the country

    Women's March is helping put on Saturday's protests against Texas' restrictive abortion law, with a flagship march to the Supreme Court planned in Washington, D.C.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Oct 02, 2021 3 minutes
    Abortion-rights advocates march to the house of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for a protest on Sept. 13 in Chevy Chase, Md.

    Abortion-rights advocates are protesting in cities across the U.S. on Saturday, with their movement feeling deeply uneasy about what comes next after Texas enacted the nation's most restrictive abortion law, and with the conservative Supreme Court possibly ruling on the future of Roe v. Wade during its next term, which starts Monday.

    Jess Hale is one of those advocates. They came to Washington, D.C., from Texas this week with other young activists to push for federal abortion protections, and they expressed frustration that activists' fears about abortion

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