Protest in Nebraska defends abortion rights

Morgan Beal

LINCOLN, Neb. — Some 50 supporters of women’s right to abortion stood their ground to counterprotest an annual anti-abortion rally of 3,000 outside the state Capitol here Jan. 30. The majority of pro-choice supporters were young women from Lincoln high schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“I came because I support and defend a woman’s right to choose abortion, and I support the $15 an hour for a minimum wage movement,” Chris Steffen, 55, a Lincoln factory worker, told the Militant. “Women’s organizations and the unions should organize and be out here by the thousands joining together against the attacks on our rights and working conditions.”

— JOE SWANSON