On Saturday, October 2, in lieu of a national Women’s March, hundreds of cities and towns – both rural and urban – across the country gathered in person or virtually for the Rally for Abortion Justice, largely spurred by SB 8 in Texas, and the upcoming fight to defend Roe v. Wade.

Almost three years ago, the last abortion provider in Guam retired, leaving a significant hole in reproductive care access for the island, an unincorporated U.S. territory. That left the island – with a population of over 170,000 people – without abortion providers and abortion services throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An update on the fights happening to protect reproductive rights across the six states from Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates local leaders.

Defenders of reproductive rights are watching nervously as several measures in both Indiana and Kentucky threaten abortion and reproductive health care access.

47 years. Nearly half a century. That’s how long it’s been since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade.