Indra Lusero, the director of Elephant Circle, a birth justice organization, who was heading to a protest in Grand Junction, Colorado, said the decision was not surprising, but still painful to absorb: “It hits some of us directly in our bodies. People gather in front of the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta to protest. Elsewhere in the nation’s capital city, a pro-choice demonstrator shut down a bridge after climbing its arch, and called on others to engage in nonviolent civil resistance. There is no response other than outrage and action.”Īnti-abortion activists also gathered outside the court celebrating the decision soon after it was announced, while critics chanted that the court was “illegitimate”. In Washington DC, outside the supreme court, where officers in riot gear were deployed, protester Sara Kugler said, “This has been a fight 30 years in the making to overturn women and people’s fundamental rights to make decisions about their body. I feel pretty helpless, but if me being here, holding my sign, is going to help people, I want to be.”īy the evening, protesters had taken over Park Avenue in Manhattan, shouting, “Whose streets? Our streets!” before marching toward Times Square where demonstrators shouted chants against Fox News outside its offices. It kind of feels like my whole life’s falling apart when I see little kids get shot in a classroom and all I see is politicians trying to control what I do. Nearby, Kelsey Clough, 29, said, “It wasn’t an option not to be here. hlpWrClX9M- Victoria Bekiempis June 24, 2022 Meet Lucy Schneider, 101, who is in the park with her granddaughter, Emily Savin, 36, to support abortion rights. I think this is the start of a massive retrenchment on individual rights.” She added: “I have no faith that the supreme court is going to stop here.
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McNamara is president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, which is organizing to provide free legal services to people affected by the end of Roe v Wade protections. This is one of the most consequential decisions of the past 50 years … and we’re entering into a very dark era.” “We have to go to the streets and raise our voices, even in blue states where our rights are protected. “I’m in a state of mourning and also very angry, and I want to turn that feeling into something where I can contribute to the solution,” said Mary McNamara, a San Francisco attorney who was heading out to protest in the northern California city.
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Tear gas fired from windows of the Old Capitol building. NOW This is what's going on outside the Arizona State Senate building: tear gas fired at people on Capitol mall protesting Roe decision.