RiseUp4AbortionRights-LA-Rally-March8-22

Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights is a U.S. based abortion rights coalition founded by Merle Hoffman, Lori Sokol, Sunsara Taylor and other initiators in January, 2022, aimed at preventing the

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from overturning ''

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'' and "decimating"

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. The group is among those in the United States who use the green scarf as a reproductive rights symbol, borrowing from its use in Argentina since 2003. It is a

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for the

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Marches and actions

Since its founding RU4AR activists have organized protests across the country in major cities including New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Riverside, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Louisville, and Washington, D.C. They also demonstrated outside Justice Amy Coney Barret's home in Falls Church, Virginia. On May 12, 2022, RU4AR organized a protest in which approximately 2,000 high-school students walked out of school to demand that the Supreme Court not overturn the right to abortion. The walkout took place more than a week after the ''

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'' draft opinion was leaked, sparking many protests and outrage. U.S. Representative

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marched with the group.

Reception

Other abortion rights groups and other activist groups have criticized Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights' protest strategies, its connections to the

, and the fact that it is a for-profit organization. Articles in ''The Daily Beast'', ''The Intercept'', and ''VICE'' detailed these groups’ criticism. Co-founder Sunsara Taylor is a member of

which played a role in founding and building Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights. While she is an active party member, working as a ''Revolution Nothing Less'' talk show host and writer for RCP's ''Revolution'' magazine, the other co-founders of the coalition, Sokol and Hoffman, and the majority of RU4AR supporters are not affiliated. RU4AR's founders spoke against the allegations that the group is part of a

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for

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and a pyramid scheme in ''

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'', and Taylor also opposed the charges in ''Revolution'' magazine online. A further article in ''CounterPunch'' described the allegations as

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References

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