Rage, tears fill streets across nation as thousands protest Roe reversal

After the Supreme Court, Friday’s reaction was rapidly furious Overturned Roe v. Wade decision of Landmark Guarantee the constitutional right to abortion.

Immediately after the decision was announced, anger and disappointment first erupted outside the Supreme Court.

Soon, it was as catastrophic abortion protesters across the country countered conservative judges who wiped out half a century of precedent and made access to abortion nearly inaccessible in many states. It spread to the west.

A large crowd gathered in front of the Federal Building in downtown Chicago, chanting “My body! My choice!” Through the loop towards Grant Park. Protesters also held noisy demonstrations outside the Georgia Capitol Museum in Atlanta and across from the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. And in Flint, Michigan, hundreds of people were blocking the sidewalk in front of the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office.

The demonstration continued until the evening. Crowds marched downtown Seattle, and in Los Angeles, protesters marched on the 110 highway north of downtown, blocking traffic.

State soldiers in Phoenix on Friday night Use of tear gas After protesters knocked on the door of the Senate building in Arizona, and part of the door broke, state public safety spokesman Bad Graves said.

He said the gas was deployed from the roof of the House of Representatives. There were no arrests. The Senate, which was during the session, was suspended but later reopened.

A large demonstration was reported in Richmond, Virginia. Jacksonville, Florida; Columbia, South Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina and Topeka, Kansas.

There were also demonstrations outside the US Embassy in London and Ottawa, Canada.

In New York City, thousands of people gathered at Union Square and began marching downtown.

“Abortion is health care, and health care is right,” the crowd said.

One of the protesters was 16-year-old Anura Bracey, who had a sign that said, “Overthrow Law? Hell Number.”

“I’m furious,” Bracey said. “I’m afraid what this means for birthers in this country.”

Bracey feels lucky to live in a state where abortion rights are still protected, but is concerned that the Supreme Court could target other rights, including marriage equality. Said.

“So I’m here to get rid of my anger,” Bracey said. “I want someone to ask me. I don’t know how much this will actually be, but I feel very desperate.”

Zonmund Heok, 51, from Ohio, was on vacation in New York City, but joined the demonstrators.

Hoku suffers from pre-eclampsia and gave birth to a boy who is now 15 years old at 28 weeks gestation, and a doctor recommended an abortion when she became pregnant shortly thereafter.

“If the same thing happens next week in Ohio, I’ll be endlessly angry when I think I’ll have to go out of state or endanger my life and my boy will have no mother.” Hoku said.

Hundreds of demonstrators were in Union Square when Democratic U.S. Congressman Alexandria Ocasiocortes arrived Friday night.

District lawmakers, including the Bronx and Queens, have previously called on people to go out into the streets in protest. Prompted voters Throwing ballots in the primary to help change the Democratic Party.

Friday in Washington, After the decision was announced, the woman who sought to be identified only as Sky cried openly.

“It feels like a betrayal,” Sky said. “My country doesn’t love me and I feel like I value my body as a woman. I can’t even chant because I can’t say anything. It hurts.”

Amanda Herring, 32 and 9 months pregnant, appeared with her 1-year-old son Abraham with the words “not yet human” written in ink on her swollen belly.

Herring, a Jewish educator who said her date was Saturday, believes the Supreme Court has ruled infringement of her religion.

“I feel it’s important to let everyone know that I’m here and that my religion says life begins with the first breath,” she said. “It is in the law and in the Old Testament.”

Hannah Fredine, who was in high school in 1973 when Law became a law, said she remembers how her classmates had to travel to another country for an abortion. She said poor women in states where this procedure is currently banned will be forced to have an abortion in the back alleys or rely on themselves to do it.

The nearby progressive anti-abortion uprising, Lauren Handy, was part of a small crowd celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to block decades of conservative struggles to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.

“It’s an emotional roller coaster,” Handy said. “It’s finally overturned, complete and complete joy.”

Handy then added, “The battle isn’t over.”

“Abortion industrial estates are strong in the blue states, and we have to chase them too,” Handy said.

In St. Louis, demonstrators on both sides of the decision gathered at the same location, the planned parent’s clinic. Mark and Patricia McCloskeyAccording to NBC affiliates, a couple known for swinging guns in social justice demonstrators in 2020 celebrated the end of Roe. KSDK.. Mark McCloskey is running for Missouri Senator as a Republican.

Democratic Party Rep. Cori Bush talks Abortion after being raped at age 17.. “They can beat the Roe v. Wade case, but not our voice,” she told the crowd outside the clinic.

The shock about the decision and what it meant was not limited to the United States.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson I called it a “big setback.” World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Said He was disappointed and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tweet “The news coming out of the United States is horrifying.”

Now that the Roe v. Wade case is no longer the law of land, abortion protection According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, it’s less than half the state and not in any part of the United States.

Before the Supreme Court’s ruling was announced, South and Midwest Republicans passed a “trigger law” that would make abortion illegal the moment Law overthrows.

Elizabeth Meyer, founder of the Women’s March in New Jersey, said: “We may be protected in New Jersey, but I’m sure it’s not elsewhere.”

Maura Barrett and Doha Madani reported from Washington, Elliot Lewis from New Haven, Connecticut, and Daniella Silva and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.