Pro-choice protesters rally in Seattle ahead of midterms

STORY: At Cal Anderson Park in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, people gathered to share their frustration of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24.

Protester Rhonda Tracy, who has six granddaughters, told Reuters, "if I don't stand up, and they are at the mercy of this law staying in place, and they can't choose, I can't live with myself," adding that the right to abortion amounted to basic healthcare for women.

"I think seeing what has happened in the individual states, seeing that abortion bans have gone into effect, and that women's health is being challenged left and right and that people are having to travel to different states, people are having to make really complicated choices about their lives, and the lives of their family, I think it's really devastating," Seattle resident Sarah Hein said. "I really hope that this changes. And that the politicians we elect this cycle will make the changes that women need."

Organizers of the event estimate about 400 people attended the rally.