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][better source needed]} 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]

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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]