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‘In celebration or tears,’ Shout Your Abortion rally planned for 10th and Pike

After a weekend of rallies and marches, more Capitol Hill mindfulness is being planned.

By Monday morning, the Supreme Court will have issued its first ruling in a decade on a case involving the right to have an abortion  No matter how the court rules, Monday night, a Shout Your Abortion rally will take place in Pike/Pine — “in celebration”… or “tears.”

#shoutyourabortion street art! The shirt says "everybody knows I had an abortion"

SYA 6/27/16
**6/27/16**10th & Pike**FREE/PUBLIC**

9pm: GET THERE, LOOK AROUND
9:45 SHARP: SECRET THING TOO GOOD FOR HYPE
Midnight: WE DISPERSE

EXTRAS: PHOTOBOOTH W/ KELLY O! MUSIC! HUGS! AND THE UNVEILING OF A GLORIOUS SURPRISE!

WHY:
On Monday, June 27th, the Supreme Court will announce the most significant ruling on abortion rights in decades: Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt.

As a response to this SCOTUS decision, SYA has coordinated a nationwide series of actions that we will unveil to the public right here in Seattle on 6/27 at 9pm, at 10th and Pike, where we will gather in celebration or tears.

UPDATE: Celebration:

WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5-3!!!! “Both the admitting privileges and surgical center requirements place a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a previability abortion, constitute an undue burden on abortion access, and thus violate the Constitution.”

Original post: The decision will determine whether a Texas law that shuttered clinics across the state places an undue burden on women seeking an abortion:

Since the law at the center of the Supreme Court case–House Bill 2–was enacted in July 2013, the number of abortion clinics in Texas has dropped from 40 to 18. Currently, 100 counties are more than 100 miles away from the nearest Texas abortion facility — and 21 counties are more than 250 miles away.

“If the Supreme Court lets HB 2 stand, Texas will be left with NINE CLINICS for 5.4 million women of reproductive age and anti-choice legislators will continue to decimate abortion access with similar laws nationwide,” organizers of Monday’s event write. A decision ruling the Texas law unconstitutional would lead to clinics in that state reopening and open the door to similar laws being struck down in other parts of the country, organizers say.

Shout Your Abortion was started when Seattle writer Amelia Bonow used the phrase to publicly discuss the abortion she received at a Planned Parenthood clinic on Capitol Hill.

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zeebleoop
7 years ago

the supreme court overturned hb 2 this morning – http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/27/politics/supreme-court-abortion-texas/index.html

Cd rez
Cd rez
7 years ago

Having abortions is nothing to be proud of. I dont think you should be ostracized but its a private medical procedure, imo. Whether it was an accident or just plain old irresponsible behavior I dont know why you would be proud that you created life and are now ending it. I support your right to have an abortion but call bullshit on shouting it out. I dont shout my procto exam or whatever procedure i may be having. Stop trying so hard to create a dumb movement

Leibniz
Leibniz
7 years ago
Reply to  Cd rez

You haven’t had decades of society trying to make you feel guilty or embarrassed about your procto exam. You probably get a pat on the back for getting your stuff taken care of. Those two medical procedures are treated the least bit similarly. Women wouldn’t feel the need to tell their pregnancy termination stories if they didn’t need to counter balance the society’s stigma of having an abortion. The kind of shaming alluded to in your comment.

Bryan Thomas
Bryan Thomas
7 years ago
Reply to  Cd rez

Just as “the gays” have been persecuted for millenia, and now have their pride weekend, so too should women who have exercised their constitutional rights to abortion and have been vilified for it, have their moment to counter-balance the public shaming from conservatives.

Togetherwestand
Togetherwestand
7 years ago

First, I so appreciate this forum to speak out. Pride is a long way from not being ashamed of something. Neither the issue nor the procedure of abortion has been private. Shame is a killer and it’s used as a weapon against safe, legal, medical abortion. Just read the public comments to today’s announcement on Fox News. A woman’s right to choose stops when she spreads her legs? Give me a break. There is pride in standing up to that shame. Sign me up, sister.

Del
Del
7 years ago

Well made point. I certainly hadn’t thought about it that way. Thank you.