Although the Democratic National Convention does not begin until Monday, a mishmash of various left-wing interest groups had already amassed in downtown Chicago by Sunday afternoon. Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws successfully sued the city after initially being denied a permit to, in the group’s own words, “crash the party” to coronate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s 2024 nominee. Flanked by protection not just from the Chicago Police Department but also the Department of Justice, the first March on the DNC featured keffiyeh-clad activists calling for the taxpayer funding of abortion until the point of birth and support for the Palestinian territories, where abortion is banned at any and all points of pregnancy.

Within five minutes of approaching protest volunteers from the Hydra Fund, this reporter was offered a complimentary dose of Plan B. While emergency contraception does not terminate a fertilized pregnancy, the Hydra Fund’s main goal is to fund actual abortions for expectant mothers in Michigan. Though the crucial swing state’s constitution codified abortion access up until the point of birth after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the protesters congregating across the DuSable Bridge argue the Democratic governments haven’t gone far enough.