LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday morning in downtown Los Angeles, the first in what was expected to be a day filled with protests and demonstrations across the region that denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.
In Grand Park — in the heart of downtown’s Civic Center — more than 200 people had assembled by mid-morning, with scores chanting, “My body, my choice,” on the steps of City Hall. Signs waved by protesters declared, “You are only banning safe abortions” and “I am woman watch me vote.”
“What do we want?” an organizer yelled, and the crowd of mostly women replied in unison, “Rights!”
