Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to an abortion, here’s a look back at the fight over abortion in Illinois. See more photos here by Chicago Tribune photographers:
About 200 members of the Women's Coalition marched south on State Street from Wacker Drive to the Civic Center on May 15, 1971, demanding equal opportunity, free child care and free abortions.TRAIL, the new organization for Total Repeal of Illinois Abortion Laws holds a rally at the Civic Center plaza on Nov. 21, 1970, in Chicago. Picketers with TRAIL walk past a sound truck from Voice of the West Side Ministers Alliance, who were holding a rally at the same time.
An estimated 1,5000 people attended the gathering.A demonstrator carries a garbage can full of dolls representing aborted fetuses during an anti-abortion protest on Jan. 22, 1984, outside the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Meanwhile, members of the Illinois ProChoice Alliance attended a luncheon inside to mark the 11th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion.People march during an anti-abortion rights rally near the Daley Center on Jan.
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