YOUNGSTOWN — Abby Douglas hopes one day to have a child, but it’s cultural and societal conditions, not a physical one, that is causing unwanted hesitation.

“I really want children, but it’s not safe enough because they’re taking away our health care,” Douglas, 27, of Niles, said. “It’s very stressful now.”

One way she presumably alleviated a portion of such stress was by making her voice about such an issue heard via joining several dozen others who took part in a Rise Up for Reproductive Rights demonstration Saturday afternoon outside of, and across from, the Planned Parenthood Youngstown Health Center, 77 E. Midlothian Blvd., on the South Side.

Hosting the gathering was the Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters organization, in partnership with Youngstown Solidarity, Planned Parenthood Ad

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