Protesters descend on Trenton to rally support for progressive bills
More than 100 activists converged on the Statehouse in Trenton Thursday to rally for causes that were decades, and even centuries, in the making.
Reparations for slavery. Protections to preserve abortion rights. Reforms to hold police accountable for brutality. School curriculum that reflects communities’ diversity.
They’ve rallied before, countless times, in a crusade for change some agreed sometimes feels Sisyphean. Thursday, with the entire New Jersey Legislature meeting for the first time since they broke for the summer, they rallied again to demand that lawmakers pass several stalled bills — bills that will die if lawmakers don’t vote on them before a new legislative session begins in early January.
Protecting abortion rights
One day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could reverse the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case enshrining abortion rights nationwide, activists demanded lawmakers here act on a bill that would expand and preserve abortion rights in New Jersey.
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