Politics

Abortion rights supporters packed The Beacham nightclub in downtown Orlando Monday night for a rally followed by a march to protest the Supreme Court's Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. The rally was led by Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani, who urged outraged supporters to channel their shock and anger into electing representatives in the August midterm elections who will protect Florida's abortion access and to give to abortion funds to help offset travel expenses for women who need abortions now. After the rally, the crowd headed toward Orlando's city hall, where joined by thousands more — Orlando Police Department estimated 4,000 — they took to the streets, chanting "Keep abortion legal! Power to the people!" VoxPopuli talked with demonstrators about what brought them out to the rally.

Mayor John Rees: “We tried to do something that was for everybody.”

A former KKK stronghold, Winter Garden is now poised to pass a resolution stating that "hate, racial injustice, discrimination of any kind, and the politics of division, including social marginalization, will have no place in our City."

Rally speakers had plenty to say about abortion access, voting in the August primary and November midterms ... and what comes next if Roe is really overturned. These are the gems.

More than 1,000 reproductive rights supporters protested the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade at the Bans Off Our Bodies rally in Orlando — one of hundreds held across the nation Saturday.

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Local election season gets an early start with announcement.