Des Moines, Iowa — A collection of Iowa groups organized a rally on the Iowa Capitol steps this weekend as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.
Leah Vanden Bosch, a northwest Iowa native, is a patient advocate for Planned Parenthood and co-president of the Iowa Abortion Access Fund. She says the white Christian community like the one she grew up in is the root of the problem.
17-year-old Shreya Joshi, a student at West Des Moines Valley High School, says abortion activists will not stand for a Supreme Court decision overturning abortion rights.
Joshi says if abortion is banned here, Iowa women will become refugees fleeing to other states where abortion remains legal.
A recent volunteer with the Iowa Abortion Access Fund who also spoke at the rally said she will no longer support Democratic candidates because Democrats in congress and the White House are not immediately passing a law to make abortion legal nationwide. Three Democrats who are running for seats in the Iowa legislature also spoke at the rally.
