South Jersey Women's March Set For Saturday

WILLINGBORO, NJ — A coalition is leading a local march to support reproductive rights in Burlington County on Saturday as part of a national day of action.

The Women’s March in Willingboro is one of many events planned across all 50 states in concert with the national Women's March organization.

The South Jersey march begins at 1 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Center, 429 John F. Kennedy Way in Willingboro. It is one of two marches scheduled for New Jersey, with the other taking place in Montclair. RSVP to attend the Willingboro march here. See the full list of rallies nationally here.

The marches are organized by BlueWaveNJ, Planned Parenthood, Action Fund of New Jersey, NOW NJ - National Organization for Women of New Jersey, Latino Action Network, CWA New Jersey,Melinated Moms, New Jersey Federation of Democratic Women, Clean Water Action, Action Together New Jersey,UU FaithAction NJ,NJ 11th For Change, and HPAE Local 5030, among others.

According to womensmarch.com, here's why people will be marching on Saturday:

"When the Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to block Texas's abortion ban, they effectively took the next step towards overturning Roe v. Wade. Simply put: We are witnessing the most dire threat to abortion access in our lifetime. That's why we're marching in every single state and in our nation's capital, Washington D.C., on October 2 before the Supreme Court reconvenes. We need to send an unmistakable message about our fierce opposition to restricting abortion access and overturning Roe v. Wade before it's too late."

The first Women's March was held in Washington the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Millions worldwide have since gathered for the events and rallied around a range of matters related to social justice, including equal pay, gender-based violence, reproductive health care, LGBTQ rights and more.

The Women's March rallies are planned days before the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Oct. 4 and two months before justices begin hearing a case regarding a Mississippi abortion law, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, that is believed to pose a threat to the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.

In the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, the court upheld a woman's right to abortion until about six months into her pregnancy, when the fetus would be able to survive outside of the womb. Abortions are banned well before this point in Mississippi, where most abortions are banned after 15 weeks, NPR reported.

Just this month, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to decline to hear a case regarding a Texas law that blocked most abortions, The New York Times reported.