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1,000+ people rally in Downtown Madison to protest seemingly-imminent overturn of Roe v. Wade

A crowd that started as a few hundred around 7 p.m. swelled to more than 1,000 within the first hour, easily filling two city blocks as they marched from the top of State Street to the UW-Madison Library Mall. Some protesters held coat hangers while others hoisted up signs that read “never again,” “we won’t go back” and “keep abortion safe and legal.”