Heidi DeMarco: ‘Women’s rights are on the ballot this election and we’re going to fight to win’
Two dozen women – most of them wearing white – assembled on the north lawn of the Kane County Courthouse on Third Street in Geneva Tuesday afternoon.
Heidi DeMarco of Geneva helped organize the gathering as a Roe the Vote and March to the Polls event, three weeks before the Nov. 5 general election.
She said it’s a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022, which overturned Roe vs. Wade, in deciding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Since then, 21 states enacted abortion bans.
“Every election since 2016, we have seen more and more women turning out to vote and even more since 2018 – especially turning out to vote against candidates who are not pro-choice,” DeMarco said.
Featured image credit – Sandy Bressner
