Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights

Since its founding RU4AR activists have organized protests across the country in major cities including New York City,[6][7] Seattle,[8][9] Los Angeles,[10][11][12][13] Houston,[14][15] Riverside,[16][17] San Francisco,[18][19] Santa Monica,[20] Louisville,[21] and Washington, D.C.[22][23] They also demonstrated outside Justice Amy Coney Barret's home in Falls Church, Virginia.[24]

On May 12, 2022, RU4AR organized a protest in which approximately 2,000 high-school students walked out of school to demand that the Supreme Court not overturn the right to abortion.[25] The walkout took place more than a week after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization draft opinion was leaked,[26] sparking many protests and outrage.

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez marched with the group.[27][28]

Other abortion rights groups and other activist groups have criticized Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights' protest strategies, its connections to the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and the fact that it is a for-profit organization. Articles in The Daily Beast, The Intercept, and VICE detailed these groups’ criticism.[29][27][28]

Co-founder Sunsara Taylor is a member of Revolutionary Communist Party, USA which played a role in founding and building Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights. While she is an active party member, working as a Revolution Nothing Less talk show host[30] and writer for RCP's Revolution magazine,[31][32] the other co-founders of the coalition, Sokol and Hoffman,[28] and the majority of RU4AR supporters are not affiliated.[33]

RU4AR's founders spoke against the allegations that the group is part of a cult of personality for Bob Avakian and a pyramid scheme in CounterPunch, [34][35] and Taylor also opposed the charges in Revolution magazine online.[36][37] A further article in CounterPunch described the allegations as red-baiting.[33]