This weekend’s expected pro-choice mass protests across America will no doubt feature signs and chants that call for, as social media has in recent days, “bans off our bodies”.
But some of what many protesters wear across different cities will probably be a bit more cryptic.
As well as green, a colour associated with abortion rights, expect to see “1973” emblazoned across sweatshirts, T-shirts, caps and tote bags.
This is the year of Roe v Wade, the landmark supreme court decision providing women with the constitutional right to seek an abortion in the US.
The historic ruling is now under existential threat and protests have been spurred by leaked news earlier this month that six out of nine US supreme court justices have signed on to a draft opinion that overturns Roe, with a final decision expected next month.
The garments emblazoned 1973 are part of a range made by Prinkshop, a US company that describes itself as “a social enterprise that creates advocacy campaigns that are designed to be worn”, and sold on Social Goods, a site that sells activist clothing.
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