You could see them held high in the air from among the crowd of protesters marching outside the U.S. Supreme Court, after the conservative-majority justices ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to have an abortion last month. Across the country, they were waved in hands that were sometimes painted blood red; they were carried and emblazoned with messages reading: “Not approved for medical use” or simply “Never Again.”
The wire coat hanger is seen as a symbol of darker days, when abortion was illegal and the options to terminate an unwanted pregnancy were unsafe — even deadly.
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