Capitol Hill hosts abortion rights rally on 50-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade

50 years to the day after Roe v. Wade and six months after it was overturned, activists from across Washington filled the streets of Capitol Hill.

SEATTLE — Fifty years ago Sunday, on January 22, 1973, the nation’s highest court issued its landmark decision on Roe v. Wade that acknowledged abortion as a fundamental right.

That’s why, on the anniversary of this landmark decision and six months after it was overturned, activists from across Washington filled the streets of Capitol Hill to voice a common message: to bring back abortion rights nationally.

In a rally organized in part by Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive

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