Women from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will join the group Women Speak for Themselves (WSFT) to demonstrate against the HHS Contraception and Abortion Mandate in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on August 1, 2013 from 11:30 p.m. to 12:20 p.m.

They will depart from Saint Matthias Church in Bala Cynwyd.

Thursday, August 1, 2013
Approximate departure time- 8:00 a.m.
Saint Matthias Church
128 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (Montgomery County)

The nearly hour long demonstration will be led by Dr. Helen Alvaré, George Mason Law Professor and WSFT founder, and will include speeches from women members of WSFT who are traveling to Washington, D.C. for the event. Following the event, members of WSFT hope to meet with members of Congress.

The HHS Mandate requires religious individuals and institutions to insure, without any co-pay, contraception and some drugs which can act as early abortifacients. It was scheduled to go into effect August 1, 2013; but a final rule has pushed the date back to January 1, 2014.

WSFT is a grassroots coalition of more than 40,000 women from many religions, political backgrounds, and states, who stand for religious freedom and against the simplistic notion that women's freedom is grounded in contraception and abortion.

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at 215-587-5630.

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