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June 28, 2022

Californians Will Vote in November on Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion Rights
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In California, state lawmakers on Monday agreed to put a constitutional
amendment up for a vote on the November ballot that would enshrine the
legal right to an abortion. Los Angeles resident Raquel Rojas joined
hundreds of protesters who took to the streets Monday.

Raquel Rojas: "We are protesting here for everybody's right to have body
autonomy, for the undocumented women, for the Black women, for the
Indigenous women, for the women in domestic violence domestic
partnerships and the women that are going to get pregnant against their
will. How is it possible that AR-15 has more rights in this country than
a woman? We are failing our girls if we are not out in the streets."



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