Thousands of women descended on Washington, three days before Election Day, in a passionate show of support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her calls for access to reproductive health care, AFP reports.

The vice president has made abortion rights a central plank of her White House bid against Republican Donald Trump, and the issue came up constantly among demonstrators at the annual Women’s March.

“Voting for the candidate that’s going to support our rights as women is the most important thing to me,” said Leah Brooker, 19, who traveled from North Carolina to join the event.

The student told AFP she had already cast her ballot in early voting, calling it “very empowering that my first vote was for a woman.” She held a sign reading: “If boys will be boys, then women will be presidents.”

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