Organization called “Don’t Go Silently” holds rally outside Capitol

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The message was very clear Saturday afternoon. On Aug., 2, organizers with the “Don’t Go Silently” rally, they are saying they’re hoping folks vote no.

“There are folks that may’t speak. So, for years I’ve made it some extent to be the voice for those who don’t have one,” Speaker Lin Marando mentioned.

Marando has Cystic Fibrosis and he or she’s been out and in of the hospital her complete life. She had an abortion 4 years in the past and says if she didn’t, she would’ve died as a result of her well being situation.

“What feels superb is that individuals who come as much as me afterward and thank me and inform me that, they now have a voice as a result of I had a voice,” Marando mentioned. “That’s the reason we do that, for the ripple impact. There are individuals who you stroll by each single day which have had a life saving abortion, and that’s why we do that.”

Organizer Kurstin Gaudet says the protest ensures their voices are heard.

“It’s actually necessary and it issues to healthcare in order that’s why I did it,” Gaudet mentioned. “I didn’t count on it to be so huge. I simply thought it will be like me and 12 associates and right here I’m and it obtained 4,000 folks . Now we have a bunch of individuals watching stay and other people coming in from throughout.”

After folks informed their tales and signed a giant poster, protesters marched across the Capitol. They are saying they won’t go silently.

“Get out and vote, inform your mates to vote,” Gaudet mentioned. “Even for those who’re on the fence about it and even for those who’re on the fence about abortion, you’ll be able to nonetheless vote no as a result of it additionally impacts all of those totally different folks we’ve talked about as we speak.”

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There shall be two extra rallies on Aug. 1. The rally in Olathe will start at 4:30 p.m. and goes till 6 p.m. (Intersection of one hundred and thirty fifth (Santa Fe) and Mur-Len) The rally in Lenexa will start at 8 p.m. and final till 9 p.m. (Public sidewalks on 87th Avenue close to Lackman Highway)

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