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Edmonds affirms support for reproductive rights in wake of Roe ruling
EDMONDS — Wearing a white winged bonnet and blood-red cloak, Cassie Friedle approached the podium in Edmonds City Council chambers.
Her outfit was reminiscent of a character from The Handmaid’s Tale, a television series based on a 1980s book about a dystopian future where women have been stripped of their rights and forced into sexual servitude and surrogacy.
“No one should have to be forced to be an incubator because it’s God’s will,” she said. “Yet, across the nation women of all ages are being forced to carry a handful of cells that could kill them. … Edmonds demands that you protect its daughters and push forward in securing reproductive rights in this city.”
On Tuesday, Edmonds became maybe the first city in Snohomish County, and among the first in the state, to deliver a formal response to the Supreme Court erasure of abortion rights protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade .
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-affirms-support-for-reproductive-rights-in-wake-of-roe-ruling/