Roe v. Wade protests

2022 - 6 - 25

Roe v Wade: More protests expected this weekend amid fury and ... (CNN)

The seismic ruling by the US Supreme Court to eliminate the federal constitutional right to an abortion has roiled the country, fueling protests that began ...

I believe we'll be in some dark times for a while, hopefully for not too long, but I do believe the pendulum will swing back." It also protects non-California residents seeking reproductive health care in the state. Hispanic women sought 21% of all abortions in 2019, the data indicates. "I will tell you that any patient who contacts us, we'll see them. "Knowing that women of color are going to bear the brunt of this decision" made sitting home, raging on social media, an impossibility, she added. There were some anti-abortion activists on hand, but they kept a low profile and there were no confrontations seen by the CNN crew walking with the protesters. Those states are Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming. We'll make sure we see them during that 10 days," Derzis said Friday during a news conference. "There were patients who said they were in their car and on their way and asked us, 'It will be OK, won't it?' And we had to tell them, 'No, we have to follow the law," Cathey told CNN. And it still hurts more than you ever thought." Black women accounted for the highest percentage of abortions by women seeking the procedure in the US in 2019, receiving 38.4% of all abortions performed, according to data collected "I want women in other states to see the swell of support -- that the sheer number (of demonstrators) sends a message," said Khatcherian, 32, the daughter of a Filipina mother and Armenian father.

Emotional protests continue after Supreme Court strikes down Roe v ... (The Washington Post)

Crowds grew in the nation's capital Saturday and demonstrations continued nationwide in outpourings of emotion over the divisive ruling.

“I hope that people see the huge population of this country does not agree with this decision,” said Kara Herrmann, who was in town for a conference and joined protesters when she saw the news. “I was so poor, I couldn’t afford the abortion,” said Kelly, of Northern Virginia. “I was planning suicide because I couldn’t care for the kids that I had.” “There are a lot of things that feel the same as 1972,” she said. The laws of abortion need to change across the country. The ruling “was a victory, but it’s like D-Day,” Terry said. It’s a lifetime of victimization that no man should ever have a voice in.” On First Street, 11-year-old Penelope Hall of Blacksburg, Va., took the megaphone in front of the Supreme Court to deliver her message: “The decision they made doesn’t affect them,” she said. “It’s going to be harder on the young people because they have lived with Roe v. Nathan Hall, 44, said he was “proud of her confidence and that she was able to articulate her voice. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which a majority of the justices held that the Constitution does not guarantee the right to an abortion. “We want to keep your body safe,” she said, kissing her daughter’s head. More than a thousand abortion rights demonstrators, chanting loudly and waving placards, gathered near the Supreme Court building Saturday for a second day of protests after the court’s overturning of Roe v.

After constitutional right to abortion is revoked, advocates protest ... (The Tennessean)

After the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to an abortion, advocates across the state protested the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In Memphis, about 175 people gathered to protest at the one of the city's major intersections. "We just want to make our voices heard," said Rachel Smith, who attended the protest with a friend. Abortion remains legal in Tennessee for the time being, but a 2019 law will outlaw the procedure within 30 days. Hundreds of protesters gathered across Tennessee on Friday and Saturday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. “I try to have hope. But he's stubborn, he said, and Tennessee is his home.

Crowd protests overturning of Roe v. Wade (Gainesville Sun)

In response to the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Woman's Health Organization, nearly a thousand people gathered at the Alachua County Stephen ...

Wade, Florida’s new abortion law is legally secure because it is modeled exactly after the Mississippi law the court has just ruled on — Dobbs v. “A woman does not have the right to remove that life.” The case, filed in Leon County, has not yet been ruled on. “My daughter is 15 and has type-one diabetes, which means she needs insulin to live,” Amy Conen, a Gainesville resident and pro-choice supporter, said. Following Friday’s unveiling of the SCOTUS opinion in Dobbs v. It has become very clear that the Supreme Court is very political.

PHOTOS: Hundreds protest for abortion rights in Austin amid Roe v ... (austonia)

Hours following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion, ...

More protests held in Charleston over Roe v. Wade reversal (Live 5 News WCSC)

More protests continued Saturday afternoon in downtown Charleston in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“I said, ‘Did you guys see the news?’ and they were like, ‘No, what are you talking about?’ I said, ‘Roe v Wade was overturned,’ and we just sat in silence for about 20 minutes until we were really able to say anything.” “What’s happening here today in Charleston is a good testament to how united we are as a community,” rally attendee Courtney Caruthers said. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. “It should not be up to other people to decide what I can and cannot do with my body. We are supposed to have religious freedom, and we’re having other people’s religious beliefs imposed on us, and our bodies and it’s just not right.” The post ended up with over 5,000 engagements on Twitter.