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Nan Whaley to speak at Hamilton abortion rally on Sunday

A rally to protest last week's Supreme Court decision eliminating a woman’s right to obtain an abortion will be held Sunday.

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Nan Whaley to speak at Hamilton abortion rally on Sunday

A rally to protest last week's Supreme Court decision eliminating a woman’s right to obtain an abortion will be held Sunday.

A rally to protest last week's Supreme Court decision eliminating a woman’s right to obtain an abortion will be held Sunday. The protest will be held at 1 p.m. near the gazebo at the Butler County Courthouse in Hamilton. Organizers of the event, Tiffany Harmon, 36, of Liberty Township and Brittany Hacker, 28, of Hamilton connected on Facebook while sharing their feelings about last week's decision. “My sister has a genetic disorder that causes her to miscarry, and she recently had to have a DNC (dilation and curettage operation) in order to save her life,” Hacker said. “If she had another child, it could put her life at risk. Every woman should have the right to decide what happens to her own body.”“When the Supreme Court elected to rescind abortion rights with the Dodd decision, I was outraged,” Harmon said. “I’m not about to give my bodily authority to random politicians and men in particular who make laws that have traditionally not been equal for women. We’re here to support all women — even women who think they support this decision today. They don’t know what the future may bring to them. We’re protesting on their behalf, and they don’t even realize it.”Speakers at the rally will include Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor; Vanessa Enoch of West Chester, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 8; Larry Mulligan of Fairfield, candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 46; Sam Lawrence of Oxford, candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 47; Latisha Hazell of West Chester, candidate for Butler County Commissioner; Mike Dalesandro of Oxford, candidate for Butler County Auditor; Kathy Wyenandt, Butler County Democratic Party Chair; and Harmon and Hacker.“Today we stand up for the rights of all people who can become pregnant to make their own personal, private and often wrenching health care decisions,” Wyenandt said. “This November, Ohioans will take their outrage to the polls and defeat the extremist Republicans who gutted our freedom to choose.”

A rally to protest last week's Supreme Court decision eliminating a woman’s right to obtain an abortion will be held Sunday.

The protest will be held at 1 p.m. near the gazebo at the Butler County Courthouse in Hamilton.

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Organizers of the event, Tiffany Harmon, 36, of Liberty Township and Brittany Hacker, 28, of Hamilton connected on Facebook while sharing their feelings about last week's decision.

“My sister has a genetic disorder that causes her to miscarry, and she recently had to have a DNC (dilation and curettage operation) in order to save her life,” Hacker said. “If she had another child, it could put her life at risk. Every woman should have the right to decide what happens to her own body.”

“When the Supreme Court elected to rescind abortion rights with the Dodd decision, I was outraged,” Harmon said. “I’m not about to give my bodily authority to random politicians and men in particular who make laws that have traditionally not been equal for women. We’re here to support all women — even women who think they support this decision today. They don’t know what the future may bring to them. We’re protesting on their behalf, and they don’t even realize it.”

Speakers at the rally will include Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor; Vanessa Enoch of West Chester, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 8; Larry Mulligan of Fairfield, candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 46; Sam Lawrence of Oxford, candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 47; Latisha Hazell of West Chester, candidate for Butler County Commissioner; Mike Dalesandro of Oxford, candidate for Butler County Auditor; Kathy Wyenandt, Butler County Democratic Party Chair; and Harmon and Hacker.

“Today we stand up for the rights of all people who can become pregnant to make their own personal, private and often wrenching health care decisions,” Wyenandt said. “This November, Ohioans will take their outrage to the polls and defeat the extremist Republicans who gutted our freedom to choose.”