Pro Choice button

The button was created by the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), which was founded in 1974, shortly after the Supreme Court legalized women’s rights to an abortion.  CLUW was a consistently strong advocate for reproductive rights within the broader labor movement, insisting that being “pro-union” and “pro-choice” were both about empowerment and control over one’s life and labor.

The 1973 Roe v Wade decision was overturned in 2022, leading to new uses for what many hoped was an historic artifact.