50 years after Roe, anti-abortion marchers celebrate in Spokane on Sunday, while abortion rights advocates march in Coeur d'Alene

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Prior to the march, those in attendance heard from guest speaker Louis Brown, executive director of the Christ Medicus Foundation, a Catholic health care nonprofit that focuses on religious liberty in the medical industry.
55% :Oliva said the rally on Sunday was encouraging, but said the event will continue in Spokane as long as abortion is protected.
54% : "I do know Planned Parenthood was the only one that would see me."
50% : A large gathering of anti-abortion protesters gathered in nearly freezing conditions at Riverfront Park on Sunday afternoon after a dusting of snow the night before to celebrate the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion last summer.
49% : She told the crowd of more than 80 people at the Coeur d'Alene downtown library that she went to Planned Parenthood in college to receive care that prevented progression of cervical cancer.
48% : "I do know Planned Parenthood saved my life," Hergert said.
46% : Smith brought his family to the rally in support of their religious faith, but also to encourage people to choose more "godly" alternatives to abortion, he said.
45% : As the group prepared to march, Berglin said it was important for people to see that feelings about abortion in Idaho aren't monolithic.
39% : I am convinced the majority of Americans don't like abortion."
36% : "We believe God is against abortion.
32% :Luke Smith said he also hopes to someday see abortion made illegal in Washington.
32% :Using language more commonly expressed in liberal circles, Brown denounced abortion as "racist" and the practice of "white supremacists" because it disproportionately is practiced on women of color, he said.

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