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January 21, 2020

Protesters Turn Out for Women's March as National Archives Under Fire for Doctoring Photo of 2017 March
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets around the
country Saturday for the fourth annual Women's March, demanding action
on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration. At the New York
Women's March, Evelyn Yang, the wife of Democratic presidential
candidate Andrew Yang, took to the stage to speak out against sexual
assault. Evelyn Yang recently revealed she was assaulted by her
obstetrician, Dr. Robert Hadden, when she was pregnant. This is Yang
speaking on Saturday.

Evelyn Yang: "As terrifying as it was to share my story on a national
stage, I had to believe that coming forward would help me reclaim my
voice and help others reclaim theirs. Otherwise, we would all just be
another statistic in the shadows. We need to do better, for our mothers,
for our daughters, for our sisters and for everyone who loves them. We
need to roar against sexual violence."

The nationwide protests came as the National Archives were forced to
apologize for blurring protest signs in a photograph from the 2017
Women's March. The archives blurred out signs that were critical to
Trump, as well as references to female reproductive anatomy. The photo
is part of an exhibit for the centennial of women's suffrage. ACLU
Deputy Legal Director Louise Melling said, "Apologizing is not enough.
The National Archives must explain to the public why it even took the
Orwellian step of trying to rewrite history and erasing women's bodies
from it, as well as who ordered it." We'll have more with Louise Melling
later in the broadcast.


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