BALTIMORE — If you see a giant inflatable birth-control device in downtown Baltimore on Friday, here's why it's there.
The 20-foot IUD (intrauterine device) - which is nicknamed Freeda (Womb) - is touring the country, as part of a campaign by lobby group Americans for Contraception.
The giant IUD will be at the Baltimore Convention Center for Netroots Nation 2024, "the largest annual convention for the progressive movement."
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Americans for Contraception said:
The 20-foot inflatable IUD has stood outside the U.S. Capitol and in states across the country, including Florida and Tennessee, where reproductive freedoms are under attack, as a symbol of the fight for contraception rights and the need to protect the right to contraception.
It got attention mostly for a viral tweet last month, when the proposed Right to Contraception Act was moving through Congress.
There’s a giant IUD outside of DC’s Union Station pic.twitter.com/NPGb10gf0k
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