(Photo courtesy of stopabortionbans.org)

Activists and political leaders in the Bay Area joined thousands across the country May 21 to organize against restrictive nationwide changes to abortion law and gender-based services.

The #StopTheBans movement was launched in response to Alabama’s sweeping ban on abortion without exceptions for rape or incest. Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Utah have also posed challenges to Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision legalizing abortion in 1973.

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