Abortion rights backers rally across U.S. over post-Roe future

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Polls show that most Americans want to preserve access to abortion -- at least in the earlier stages of pregnancy -- but the Supreme Court appeared to be poised to let the states have the final say.
40% : A half-dozen anti-abortion demonstrators sent out a countering message, with Jonathan Darnel shouting into a microphone, "Abortion is not health care, folks, because pregnancy is not an illness."
40% : "This has never been just about abortion.
37% : Teisha Kimmons, who traveled 80 miles to attend the Chicago rally, said she fears for women in states that are ready to ban abortion.
35% : If that happens, roughly half of states, mostly in the South and Midwest, are expected to quickly ban abortion.
35% : At that rally, speaker after speaker told the crowd that if abortion is banned that the rights of immigrants, minorities and others will also be "gutted," as Amy Eshleman, wife of Chicago Mayor Lori lightfoot put it.
27% : And I don't think banning abortion will stop abortion.

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