On Friday evening, more than 100 people gathered in downtown Greensboro to vocalize their support for abortion rights at a rally organized by the GSO Working Class and Houseless Organizing Alliance. In North Carolina, abortion is still legal but in neighboring states, it may not be for much longer. Those who support abortion access said that the community needs to raise awareness, raise funds and get political to make sure people can continue to get abortions.

As TCB has reported in the past, there are also a number of hurdles to accessing an abortion locally including having to face protesters at the only abortion clinic in Greensboro, being confused by crisis pregnancy centers, which work to divert patients from seeking abortions, and a lack of funds.

To learn more about what it looks like to try to access abortions in the Triad, read our story from 2019 here.

To learn more about bills that the state legislature has introduced in the last few years that would restrict or deny abortion access in North Carolina, read our story from 2021.

And lastly, to learn about the many reasons why people continue to access abortions, read our piece from 2021 that tells people’s personal abortion stories here.

Those seeking abortions can find clinics here. To donate to help people access abortions in NC and SC, visit the Carolina Abortion Fund.

Photos by Juliet Coen

Homemade signs express anger and digust at the overturning of Roe V. Wade Dozens of people gathered to express their dissent after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Dozens of people gathered to express their dissent after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Hannah Cushman with the words “my body, my choice” written on her cheeks at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Kellyn Jiles, front, is comforted by her friend Mira Eby, 17, as she cries during the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Greensboro police officers stand across the street from the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Angelica Henry holds up a sign in support of abortion rights during the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Protestors chant pro-abortion slogans at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Protestors hold up signs decrying the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Protestors listen to organizers speak at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Luis Medina of Working-class and Houseless Organizing Alliance speaks to protesters at the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022.
Brandi Collins-Calhoun (she/they) speaks to a crowd during the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022. Collins-Calhoun organizes volunteers who escort people into abortion clinics.

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