RiseUp4AbortionRights-LA-Rally-March8-22

Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights is a U.S. based abortion rights coalition founded by Merle Hoffman, Lori Sokol, Sunsara Taylor and other initiators in January, 2022, aimed at preventing the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning ''

Roe V. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and st ...

'' and "decimating"

abortion rights in the United States Abortion in the United States and its territories is a divisive issue in American politics and culture wars, with widely different abortion laws in U.S. states. Since 1976, the Republican Party has generally sought to restrict abortion acc ...

. The group is among those in the United States who use the green scarf as a reproductive rights symbol, borrowing from its use in Argentina since 2003. It is a

front organization A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, terrorist organizations, secret societies, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy gro ...

for the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.

Marches and actions

Since its founding RU4AR activists have organized protests across the country in major cities including New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Riverside, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Louisville, and Washington, D.C. They also demonstrated outside Justice Amy Coney Barret's home in Falls Church, Virginia. On May 12, 2022, RU4AR organized a protest in which approximately 2,000 high-school students walked out of school to demand that the Supreme Court not overturn the right to abortion. The walkout took place more than a week after the ''

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ''Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization'', , is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both ''R ...

'' draft opinion was leaked, sparking many protests and outrage. U.S. Representative

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (; ; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician and activist. She has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019, as a member of th ...

marched with the group.

Reception

Other abortion rights groups and other activist groups have criticized Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights' protest strategies, its connections to the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and the fact that it is a for-profit organization. Articles in ''The Daily Beast'', ''The Intercept'', and ''VICE'' detailed these groups’ criticism. Co-founder Sunsara Taylor is a member of Revolutionary Communist Party, USA which played a role in founding and building Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights. While she is an active party member, working as a ''Revolution Nothing Less'' talk show host and writer for RCP's ''Revolution'' magazine, the other co-founders of the coalition, Sokol and Hoffman, and the majority of RU4AR supporters are not affiliated. RU4AR's founders spoke against the allegations that the group is part of a

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for Bob Avakian and a pyramid scheme in ''

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'', and Taylor also opposed the charges in ''Revolution'' magazine online. A further article in ''CounterPunch'' described the allegations as red-baiting.

References

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