Article 683MY US: thousands turn up for first Women's March since Roe v Wade overturned – video

US: thousands turn up for first Women's March since Roe v Wade overturned – video

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Thousands of people across the US took to the streets on the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the supreme court decision that made abortion a constitutional right in 1973, to protest against the decision last year to strike it down. Protesters gathered at more that 200 Women's March events in 46 states.

The vice-president, Kamala Harris, spoke at an event commemorating the landmark ruling, at which she said abortion rights across the US were under threat. Abortion has been banned or severely restricted in 14 states, since the conservative-leaning supreme court decided to overturn Roe v Wade

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