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Pro-choice supporters seize the day for Capitol Rally

January 2009

Photo: Counterprotesters at last year’s March for Life Rally.

by Press release

At noon on Thursday, Jan. 22, a celebration in honor of 36 years of reproductive freedom will be held on the steps of the State Capitol in Olympia. In previous years, the “March for Life” anti-choice rally has been held on these same Capitol steps, as well as nationally around the country, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Last year, after organizing yet another counter-protest, Olympia activist Shizuno Wynkoop decided she’d had enough. “A friend of mine said, ‘Why are we letting people who oppose women’s freedoms and women’s rights take our day?’” In an act of reclamation, . . .

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