‘Abortion is health care’: Queens leaders rally in support of women’s reproductive health care and abortion rights

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As protests erupted across the nation following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to potentially overturn Roe v. Wade, Queens elected officials are ensuring that women’s reproductive rights and their fundamental right to choose are protected in the “World’s Borough.”

On Thursday, May 5, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, reproductive justice leaders, gender equity advocates and elected officials rallied for abortion rights on the steps of Borough Hall in Kew Gardens reiterating that abortion is health care.