Freeda, a 20-foot inflatable intrauterine device, visited the Decatur Square on Friday, Oct. 18, as state leaders advocated for maintaining access to contraception.
“On June 5, 2024, Americans for Contraception placed a 20-foot IUD at Union Station to call attention to the senate vote on the Right to Contraception Act happening later that day,” the Americans for Contraception website says. “Unfortunately, almost every Republican senator helped defeat this simple bill that would have protected our right to birth control like the pill, IUDs, and Plan B.”
Freeda (Womb) is meant to remind people that their bodies and choices are their own, the website says. Freeda has visited cities throughout the United States, including Pittsburgh, Phoenix, and Las Vegas…