“Hundreds march for women’s rights, early voting in Women’s March SF”
A series of women marches against the Trump administration broke out around the Bay Area and across the nation on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of residents joined the movement on San Francisco’s Market Street, masked and with signs in hand.
The Women’s March typically takes place in January, but President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court was enough to spark retaliation from women’s rights activists. Trump’s pick for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat has a track record of strict conservative rulings. Some fear the landmark case Roe v. Wade would be at risk in the hands of a heavier, conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
Participants met up at the Civic Center Plaza on McAllister Street where they could grab free signs or purchase Black Lives Matter merchandise and “Dump Trump” T-shirts. One of the most popular sign selections was a black-and-white portrait of Ginsburg, not...
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