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‘It feels like we’re going back in time’: Abortion rights protests quickly materialize in Los Angeles

Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, outside the Federal Court Complex on Friday, June 24, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — As news of the Supreme Court’s decision to end constitutional protections for abortion spread Friday morning, many in Southern California responded with a simple question: Where do we protest?

The overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling will not hinder reproductive health access in California, where abortion will continue to be protected under state law. The state’s Democratic lawmakers quickly moved to add to those protections; Gov. Gavin Newsom

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