Thirty-seven years ago today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the seminal abortion rights case that a woman has the right to abort her pregnancy. (Pictured right: Gillian Dean and her two-year-old son Jaiden at the demonstration)

Since then, pro-choice rallies have been organized each year, to remind people that the fight to keep abortion legal is not over and must continue to be fought.

In St. Petersburg, a group of about 25 people gathered on the corner of Central Avenue and 4th Street North today to observe the anniversary. The rally, which lasted from noon to 1 p.m., brought out two prominent organizations, Planned Parenthood and Pinellas NOW (National Organization for Women).

This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2010.