{"id":2326512,"date":"2024-08-18T23:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-choice-protesters-offered-me-free-plan-b-within-5-minutes-before-the-dnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-18T23:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:08:26","slug":"pro-choice-protesters-offered-me-free-plan-b-within-5-minutes-before-the-dnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-choice-protesters-offered-me-free-plan-b-within-5-minutes-before-the-dnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-choice protesters offered me free Plan B within 5 minutes before the DNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-choice-protesters-offered-me-free-plan-b-within-5-minutes-before-the-dnc-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062article describes a scene outside\u200b the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, where\u200c various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ICE building, burn original Starbucks\">left-wing groups<\/a>, including &#8220;Bodies Outside of Unjust\u200d Laws,&#8221;\u2062 gathered to protest before the convention officially began.\u200b The group had\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-hill-ordered-to-pay-219k-in-revenge-porn-case-legal-fees\/\" title=\"Former Rep. Hill Ordered to Pay 9K in Revenge Porn Case Legal Fees\">successfully sued<\/a> the city for a permit \u200bto demonstrate, aiming to support Vice\u2064 President Kamala Harris as the presumed 2024 nominee. Protesters, protected by local police and the Department of Justice, advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-states-taking-on-house-democrats-equality-act\/\" title=\"Majority of states taking on House Democrats\u2019 Equality Act\">taxpayer-funded abortions<\/a> through various chants \u2062and slogans,\u200b highlighting issues like the legality of abortion and support for Palestinian rights amidst a backdrop \u200dof stark\u200d contrasts, such as Palestine&#8217;s strict\u2064 abortion laws. The author\u2062 recounts\u2064 an experience where they were promptly offered Plan B by volunteers from the Hydra Fund, which primarily focuses on funding abortions in Michigan, a state that has maintained access to\u2064 abortion up to the point of birth following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pro-choice protesters offered me free Plan B within 5 minutes before the DNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Although the Democratic National Convention does not begin until Monday, a mishmash of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-media-watchdog-defends-jennifer-granholms-wealth-after-helping-her-become-a-millionaire\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Media Watchdog Defends Jennifer Granholm\u2019s Wealth After Helping Her Become a Millionaire\">left-wing interest groups<\/a> had already amassed in downtown Chicago by Sunday afternoon. Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws successfully sued the city after initially being denied a permit to, in the group&rsquo;s own words, &ldquo;crash the party&rdquo; to coronate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party&rsquo;s 2024 nominee. Flanked by protection not just from the Chicago Police Department but also the Department of Justice, the first March on the DNC featured keffiyeh-clad activists calling for the taxpayer funding of abortion until the point of birth and support for Palestine, a territory where abortion is banned at any and all points of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Within five minutes of approaching protest volunteers from the Hydra Fund, this reporter was offered a complimentary dose of Plan B. While emergency contraception does not terminate a fertilized pregnancy, the Hydra Fund&rsquo;s main goal is to fund actual abortions for expectant mothers in Michigan. Though the crucial swing state&rsquo;s constitution codified abortion access up until the point of birth after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the protesters congregating across the DuSable Bridge argue the Democratic governments haven&rsquo;t gone far enough.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to treat abortion as a health issue, and therefore people who are medical people should be able to do that,&rdquo; said Dianne Feeley, a Michigan activist lobbying to overturn a restriction that currently says only physicians can administer abortions. &ldquo;You know, licensed physician assistants, a whole range of people, and then with medication abortion, with information over the internet, you can perform the abortion safely yourself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A pre-eminent concern among the pro-abortion-cum-pro-Palestinian protesters is the lack of taxpayer funding for abortions. On the federal level, the Hyde Amendment, which Harris and President Joe Biden have tried to overturn, bans federal taxpayer funds from covering abortion, and 19 states plus the District of Columbia do not use state funds to pay for abortions. But 17 states provide Medicaid coverage of abortion, a number that Feeley and her friends hope expands.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In my state, we still have no Medicaid for abortions,&rdquo; said Feely. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s something else that we&rsquo;re challenging. So all of these laws are impeding the decision of a pregnant person who has to have the right in that whole range of issues and reproductive justice also means, if a person has the child, then how is that child going to grow up in a healthy environment, or in the environment that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t provide any real care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Feeley says she won&rsquo;t be voting for Harris, nor will a number of Code Pink and the other organizations that came out to prepare speakers and pamphlets to help attendees get actual abortions, should the free Plan B prove insufficient. But even if the White House doesn&rsquo;t have the protesters&rsquo; support, given the backup supplied by the DOJ, it&rsquo;s clear that Biden and Harris support the protesters in turn.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-choice demonstrators offered me free Plan B just five minutes before the DNC. Even though the Democratic National Convention is set to start on Monday, a diverse group of left-leaning organizations had gathered in downtown Chicago by Sunday afternoon. The group Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws won a lawsuit against the city after being denied a permit to, as they put it, &#8220;crash the party&#8221; and celebrate Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 nominee for their party. Protected not only by the Chicago Police Department but also by the Department of Justice, this first March on the DNC featured activists wearing keffiyehs who advocated for taxpayer-funded abortions up until birth and expressed support for Palestine\u2014a region where abortion is prohibited at all stages of pregnancy. Within minutes of approaching volunteers from the Hydra Fund at the protest, I was offered free Plan B. While emergency contraception does not end an existing pregnancy, Hydra Fund primarily aims to finance actual abortions for pregnant women in Michigan. Although Michigan&#8217;s constitution guarantees abortion access up until birth following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, protesters gathered across DuSable Bridge argue that Democratic leaders have not gone far enough in their support. &#8220;We need to treat abortion as a health issue; therefore medical professionals should be able to provide it,&#8221; stated Dianne Feeley, an activist from Michigan advocating for changes that would allow more than just physicians to perform abortions. She emphasized that with medication abortion and online information available, individuals could safely manage their own procedures.<\/p>\n<p>A significant concern among these pro-abortion and pro-Palestinian protesters is insufficient taxpayer funding for abortions. At the federal level, Harris and President Biden have sought to repeal the Hyde Amendment which prohibits federal funds from covering abortion costs; currently 19 states plus Washington D.C., do not allocate state funds for this purpose either. However, 17 states do offer Medicaid coverage for abortions\u2014a number Feeley hopes will increase: &#8220;In my state we still lack Medicaid coverage for abortions,&#8221; she noted while discussing ongoing challenges against such laws that restrict reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>Feeley mentioned she won&#8217;t be voting for Harris nor will many members from Code Pink or other groups present who were preparing speakers and materials aimed at assisting attendees seeking actual abortions if Plan B isn&#8217;t sufficient. Despite lacking support from these protesters, it&#8217;s evident that Biden and Harris are aligned with them given DOJ&#8217;s presence at their demonstration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2693,"featured_media":2326513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1867.heic","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7705,38507,25544,3970,32076],"class_list":["post-2326512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dnc","tag-plan-b","tag-pro-choice","tag-protests","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1867.heic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2693"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}