Abortion rights activists rally in North Hawaii

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About two dozen men and women withstood the rain and wind to take part in Saturday's abortion rights rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
About two dozen men and women withstood the rain and wind to take part in Saturday's abortion rights rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Women participate in Saturday's abortion rights rally held amid the rain and wind of Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Men and women alike took part in an abortion rights rally Saturday along Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Men and women alike took part in an abortion rights rally Saturday along Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Women hold up a variety of signs with pro-choice messages during Saturday's abortion rights rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Men and women alike took part in an abortion rights rally Saturday along Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A woman holds a pro-choice sign during an abortion rights rally Saturday along Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Women hold up a variety of signs with pro-choice messages and wave to motorists during Saturday's abortion rights rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
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About two dozen people rallied for abortion rights Saturday morning in Waimea.

The men and women of all ages stood along Mamalahoa Highway amid pelting rain and wind waving to passing motorists and displaying a variety of signs displaying messages in support of a woman’s right to choose to have abortion.

The rally, one of several held this week on the Big Island, follows the Monday leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.