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Kenny Stancil

Pro Roe protestors nearly killed by car

Youth pro-abortion rights demonstrators with Generation Ratify and other organizations rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on May 5, 2022, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overthrow Roe vs. Wade. Bryan Dozier/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

An unidentified male motorist in Cedar Rapids, Iowa intentionally rammed into several women on Friday night as abortion rights defenders peacefully protested the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The driver of a Ford truck maneuvered around multiple cars at a red light and drove through the tail end of a group of demonstrators who were crossing a street downtown, running over one woman's ankle and sending her to the hospital, witnesses told HuffPost.

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