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Photos: Nationwide ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rallies

Abortion rights activists and Anti-abortion activists shout at each other during a Bans Off Our Bodies rally.
Abortion rights supporters and antiabortion activists shout at one another during a “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally and march to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
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By Irfan Khan, 
Kent Nishimura
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Thousands of people took to the streets in the Southland on Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to protect abortion rights in the aftermath of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.
In L.A., activists demonstrated near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, joining hundreds of women’s rights rallies across the state and the U.S. Protesters also gathered in Long Beach, Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, Palos Verdes and Santa Ana as well as San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, New York, Chicago and Austin, Texas.

Los Angeles

People hold signs at an abortion rights rally in downtown L.A. that read, "I'm with her" and "Bans off our bodies."
Participants at an abortion rights rally Saturday in downtown Los Angeles outside City Hall carry signs that read, “I’m with her” and “Bans off our bodies.”
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Women's abortion rights rally takes place downtown in front of City Hall on Saturday.
Women’s abortion rights rally takes place downtown in front of City Hall on Saturday, May 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Jean English, 67, holds a piece of paper that says, "Fighting for 50 years. We won't go back."
Jean English, 67, lets her sign — “Fighting for 50 years. We won’t go back.” — speak for her at an abortion rights rally in front of L.A. City Hall downtown.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A packed crowd with signs at an abortion rights rally downtown in front of Los Angeles City Hall
A packed crowd with participants holding signs at an abortion rights rally downtown in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
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Carrie Worthen, with a symbolic hanger around her neck, jots down her support for abortion rights on a banner.
Carrie Worthen, 55, wearing a symbolic hanger around her neck, jots down her support for abortion rights on a banner at a rally Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Washington

Abortion rights activists march up Constitution Avenue in Washington.
Abortion rights activists march up Constitution Avenue near the U.S. Capitol during a “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally in Washington on Saturday.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Abortion rights activists shout at antiabortion activists.
Antiabortion activists and abortion rights supporters shout at one another during the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally Saturday in Washington.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Hangers on a barricade.
Hangers are seen on a barricade as abortion rights activists participate in a “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally and march to the Supreme Court on Saturday in Washington.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
A demonstrator puts signs back up on barricades after the signs were taken down by Capitol Police officers.
A demonstrator puts signs back up on barricades after Capitol Police officers took them down.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1996. He previously served as a freelance photographer for the publication beginning in 1989. Khan started his career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Pakistan and moved to Dubai in 1977, where he worked for an advertising agency and at a leading English newspaper. Khan’s assignments have taken across Southern California and the U.S. Internationally, he has photographed the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and war zones of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to semi-classical music of the Indian subcontinent and playing cricket on Sundays.

Kent Nishimura

Kent Nishimura is a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times.

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