Cancer Patients Held a Women’s March at a Hospital
As hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets to march for equality this weekend, several women near Los Angeles decided they, too, wanted to protest.
But these women, who are currently in treatment for cancer, couldn’t travel to participate in the worldwide phenomenon. So, they decided to have an alternative protest—in their hospital.
Allie Oetken, who’s currently battling Stage 4 Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, added on Twitter that according to their treatment plans, the women have to walk around anyway, so “we turned it into part of the march.” Nurses accompanied the women as they walked, pulling IV towers taped with signs that read “Women’s March 2017” and “March for Our Rights” behind them.