Kansas Citians share their own abortion stories at ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ protest

Hundreds of people attended a rally Saturday as part of a nationwide day of protest against the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
More than 300 people rallied at Kansas City’s Mill Creek Park and marched around the Plaza on Saturday, joining cities nationwide to protest in support of abortion rights.

The “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies were organized by Planned Parenthood in response to a leaked opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Organizers told the crowd that the reproductive rights movement is not just about women.

“There are plenty of non-binary, trans-masculine, gender expansive, gender liberated people who are absolutely affected by decisions like these, and more than often left out of equitable health care options, leaving us to do a number of things that may or may not be safe for us or our families,” said Imije Ninaz with the Nafasi Center for QTPOC, one of the groups that organized the rally.