Advocates mark 2 years since Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade [Video]

It’s been two years since the political landscape was rocked when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Dobbs ruling leaving abortion access up to each individual state. Now, with the presidential election just months away, local advocates are urging voters to make their voices heard at the polls.An early morning call to action in Elmwood Park. “For 50 years, we thought we were safe, for 50 years. We cannot take anything for granted any longer,” said Nebraska Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, overseeing District 6. Cavanaugh and other advocates are at the forefront of protecting reproductive rights. “It’s not an easy choice for families that really want to have that child. And we have taken that away from them in so many ways and made it more dangerous to have a child here in Nebraska,” she said. When the Supreme Court made its landmark decision in 2022, almost a …