Hundreds gathered at Fairfax Avenue and Clinton Street on Thursday to defend women’s reproductive rights at the Rally to Save Roe, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles (NCJW/LA).

For years, NCJW/LA has hosted events to celebrate the Roe v. Wade decision, and to educate and advocate for reproductive healthcare access – especially to abortions. But this year, 44 years after the landmark decision, NCJW/LA’s celebration was also be a “definitive, loud statement” that any attack from the new presidential administration will not be tolerated, the group said.

Speakers discussed what it was like to live “pre-Roe” in the 1960s, and members of NCJW/LA, sponsors and event partners provided “on-the-spot” advocacy training for people of all experience levels after the rally.

“The Rally to Save Roe is about raising up our voices to make sure that reproductive rights, health and justice, including the right for a woman to choose an abortion, do not get taken away,” said Hillary Selvin, executive director of NCJW/LA.

For information, contact advocacy@ncjwla.org.