{"id":313505,"date":"2022-07-19T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=313505"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:20:58","slug":"senior-citizens-in-la-jolla-rally-to-protest-roe-v-wade-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/senior-citizens-in-la-jolla-rally-to-protest-roe-v-wade-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior citizens in La Jolla rally to protest Roe v. Wade reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A centenarian with a bullhorn exhorted a group of more than 50 sign-holding seniors ages 85-plus, to protest the reversal of Roe v. Wade during a march on July l0 outside Casa de Ma\u00f1ana retirement center in La Jolla.<\/p>\n

\u201cFifty years ago I was in Washington, D.C. celebrating the passing of Roe v. Wade: It was wonderful,\u201d said 103-year-old Casa resident Alice Yee outside on the front lawn at 849 Coast Blvd. \u201cNever did I dream that, 50 years later, I would be marching to mourn the demise of Roe v. Wade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pointing out senior women are \u201cstill on the line\u201d regarding their Constitutional rights, Yee suggested their new motto ought to be \u201cnever turn back. The struggle will always be with us. Women should make their own decisions about whatever they do in relation to their bodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo today, in a very small way, we\u2019re saying, \u2018Our lives are our own lives, leave us alone and let us do what we need to do,\u2019\u201d continued Yee. \u201cEnjoy your march. Enjoy the fellowship of each other. This is the beginning of another struggle. The struggle will go on as long as I am alive, and as long as our children are alive. Hang in there. Believe in what you do. We will never turn back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen women\u2019s rights are under attack, what do you do?\u201d asked local attorney Leslee Morris, who helped organize the event, addressing senior protesters before Yee spoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cStand up and fight back,\u201d said Morris answering her own question. She then pointed out, \u201cScott Peters is your representative in Congress. He is a strong supporter of women\u2019s rights and abortion rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to a crowd of bystanders who had formed around the gathering of seniors on the front lawn of Casa de Ma\u00f1ana, Morris said, \u201cThey want to applaud what you are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morris added the senior protest was all \u201cabout them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alice Yee (in blue), a 103-year-old senior, addresses a crowd of seniors at Casa de Ma\u00f1ana en<\/em> La Jolla denouncing the reversal of Roe v. Wade before their protest march on July 10. PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWAB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Casa de Ma\u00f1ana resident identifying himself as Bob said he spoke on behalf of his three daughters and a granddaughter by saying: \u201cThis whole thing is just crazy. It is so politically motivated. It just doesn\u2019t make sense. I understand that killing is death. But where do you define the line? That is the question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he was surprised by the Supreme Court ruling overturning Wade, Bob replied: \u201cI knew what the Republicans’ point of view was. But I just didn\u2019t think it really had a chance of turning around. At least, it\u2019s a state\u2019s rights situation (now). We don\u2019t have to worry about people in California. But there are a lot of other states out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesting seniors requesting anonymity before their July 10 march also had their say.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad I live in California,\u201d said one woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing is purposeful,\u201d said another woman about the Supreme Court\u2019s Roe v. Wade reversal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou all who have been around, you\u2019ve been marching for this how many times now?\u201d questioned another lady.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir (seniors\u2019) voices should be more important because they went through it the first time, and now they have to do it again,\u201d said another senior woman who added, \u201cThey won a victory. And then they\u2019re taking it away all these years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sign on the back of the wheelchair of one senior female protester summarized the views of many. It read: \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m still protesting this (expletive)!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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