HOUSTON—Supporters of abortion rights picketed in front of the Hyatt-Regency Hotel here April 9 to protest the rightist outfit Heroic Media, which was organizing a fund-raiser inside. Heroic Media and its affiliate Life Always have sponsored antiabortion billboards at locations across the country, many of them targeting Black women. Titled “Sowing Seeds for Life,” the fund-raiser included a fashion show with clothing provided by Dillards department store.

“I have problems with anyone telling me what I can and can’t do with my body, and that goes for telling anyone else—especially when the responsibility for child rearing falls disproportionately on the shoulders of women,” Kat Herrera, 24, told the Militant. “This comes at the same time as cuts to programs that provide health care for uninsured women.”

The protest was organized by Pro-Choice Houston and the University of Houston Student Feminist Organization.

—AMANDA ULMAN