Womens March LA for Reproductive Rights (2021)

Thousands of people took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles and other cities around the country Saturday to support reproductive rights, part of a nationwide series of demonstrations against Texas' near-total abortion ban. The fifth annual Women's March began at 10 a.m. at Pershing Square and continued to City Hall, where Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis and Supervisor Holly Mitchell were scheduled to speak, along with actresses Alyssa Milano and Patricia and Rosanna Arquette. Paxton Smith, the Texas student whose valedictorian speech went viral for speaking in opposition to Texas' abortion law, also appeared with feminist attorney Gloria Allred.