The annual Anti-Choice rally is back

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The annual Anti-Choice rally is back

Submitted by annie on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 5:59pm.

Start: Jan 22 2007 - 12:00pm

End: Jan 22 2007 - 2:00pm

And so are it's creepy billboards all around town. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it's an annual event called March for Life that happens on the Capitol steps. March for Life busses in children and church groups from all over the state, and stage a 1 1/2-2 hour spectacle with speeches, wooden crosses, giant pictures of hacked-up babies, etc. They usually have speakers from the legislature as well.

It's great for pro-choice people to show up to be a presence, to let the media and the legislature know that we oppose their rhetoric. The last few years there have been decently-sized groups of pro-choice people, and I'm hoping this year will be even more! It's actually a pretty fun time. (One year the word didn't get out and I was the only person who showed up and the Olympian ran a picture of me standing in the rain by myself with my sign. Charming.)

January 22nd at noon on the Capitol Steps!

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You know I'll be there... with my daughter

Submitted by jlw on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 7:31pm.

This year there's going to be a pro-choice arts event in Sylvester Park after the counter-protest. I will try to post more details about this event when they become available.

Pro-choice march

Submitted by jlw on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 2:02pm.

Later that day, after the counter-protest, a group organized by Evergreen students will be marching through downtown. This begins at Evergreen at 2:30, but there will be a an opportunity to meet up with this group at about 3:30 p.m. at the higher roundabout on Harrison hill. The group will march down the hill, and across the bridge, and pause to rally outside of Bayview Thriftway (whose owners have decided to make reproductive choices for women, rather than letting them chose for themselves.) The arts event originally scheduled for Sylvester Park has been cancelled, although the march will conclude there.

On the sidewalks, I hope!

Submitted by Ehver Green on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 2:11pm.

On the sidewalks, I hope!

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