A crowd in Portland's Congress Square Park rallies Tuesday as part of a nationwide event supporting abortion rights

Dylan West, 17, of South Portland reacts to a speaker at a rally in Portland on Tuesday. The rally was one of many nationwide on what organizers called the National Day of Action to Stop the Bans on abortion.

Alison Beyea, executive director of ACLU of Maine, speaks at the abortion-rights rally in Congress Square Park on Tuesday.

A participant sits on steps after the abortion-rights rally at Congress Square Park on Tuesday.

Charles Schriber of South Portland waves a homemade flag at an abortion rights rally at Congress Square Park on Tuesday.

Jen Macisso of Saco is dressed as a character from Margaret Atwood's book and the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale," a dystopian story of women in subjugation in a patriarchal society.

People respond to a speaker during an abortion rights rally at Congress Square Park on Tuesday.

People hold signs during an abortion rights rally at Congress Square Park on Tuesday.

Loraine Washburn of Brunswick holds a sign at a rally in Portland that was one of many nationwide in response to strict abortion bans passed by some states.