Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
While talk of the “culture wars” is supposed to tamp down in the legislative session kicking off in a few weeks, abortion will undoubtedly still be hotly debated.

The amendment to enshrine a woman’s right to reproductive care narrowly missed Florida’s unusually-high threshold for ballot approval, and bills are already filed to better regulate state-funded anti-abortion pregnancy centers.

To keep the community’s eye on winning back the rights of women to make decisions about their bodies, members of the Pinellas chapter of the National Organization for Women, Florida Planned Parenthood Action, and others hold a sign-waving rally to commemorate the the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Bring your own signs, or borrow one from your new friends.

The Roe v. Wade Commemoration & reproductive freedom visibility event happens Wednesday, Jan. 22 on the corner of Central Avenue and 3rd Street N in St. Petersburg.

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This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...