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Monterey County Board of Supervisors approves resolution that support reproductive freedom

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – It’s been one week since the leaked draft opinion came out of the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors read and adopted a resolution that will declare the County a Champion of Reproductive rights.

The resolution was placed on the agenda by Supervisor Wendy Root Askew and Supervisor Mary L. Adams in response to the leaking of Supreme Court documents.

Across the country, protests continue. After the leaked documents from the Supreme Court suggested that the landmark case Roe v. Wade could be overturned.

Here at home, Monterey County supervisors, joined by state officials and other city leaders, said they would fight for women's rights.

“We know that healthcare includes reproductive healthcare and reproductive healthcare includes access to abortion care,” said Supervisor Wendy Root Askew of District Four.

Supervisors unanimously approved the resolution.

Planned Parenthood said it's already seeing an uptick of out-of-state people seeking care at Tuesday's press conference.

“We’ve actually seen that nearly 62% of the people that have come seeking services at Mar Monte have been folks that have family incomes of less than 26,000 annually,” said Dianna Zamora-Marroquin, the Director of Public Affairs of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. “The large majority of them identified as people of color.”

State leaders said they are working on an amendment to put the "right choice" on the November ballot.

KION also reached out to Californians for Life, a pro-life organization that works with various groups across the state.

Wynette Sills, the Director of Californians for Life, acknowledged that abortion disproportionately hurts and impacts women of color and women who are impoverished.

“We're saying if you're really pro-choice, then why not assist women with the resources they need,’ said Sills. “So that they can parent their children rather than end the lives of their children.”

Monterey Peninsula for Life, a local pro-life group on the Central Coast, shared this statement with KION:

"We're delighted to hear that the Supreme Court would consider overturning Roe v. Wade. It's something we've been working for many years in the Peninsula with vigils and outreach efforts to support pregnant women. The question now is no longer whether women in crisis pregnancy have the resources to give birth, but whether it's legal to kill an unborn child or, in some cases, let them die by neglect after being born. Those who support this atrocity have nothing to offer women except more killing masquerading as women's rights. We will continue to work to change the culture just as we've been doing, one person at a time."

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