Briefing | Abortion and politics

The undoing of Roe v Wade has created a mighty political movement

The power of women with clipboards

Abortion rights demonstrators in the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison in 2023
Photograph: Jamie Kelter Davis/New York Times/Redux/Eyevine
|ORLANDO AND PHOENIX

Hikers climbing out of their cars early in the morning at North Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona, are welcomed by songbirds and two women behind a fold-up table. “Would you like to protect a woman’s right to choose?” asks Beth Ballmann, from beneath a bright pink sun hat. A barely awake young man mumbles something about not being registered. Linda Chiles’s eyes light up. “I can help you with that too. We can do it today!”

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