Demonstrators took to the streets Friday to defiantly denounce the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority after it rescinded a constitutional right for the first time in U.S. history.
from Lincoln Park to City Hall in downtown Portland, Maine, where protester Abby Friedlander condemned the Supreme Court ruling asMeg Palitz was among the thousands of demonstrators who rallied in Philadelphia.."You can have health complications, it can be really bad financially and can really just change their lives for the worse, not to mention flooding the foster care system."that"We won't go back. We WILL fight back.
At the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, a speaker at a youth-led rally was cheered loudly afterthat"we're not just gonna sit back and allow a group of people, of mostly old white men who were not even elected to their positions, take these rights away from us." In Cedar Rapids, Iowa at least one reproductive rights protester was struck by a truck. Iowa is one of several states that have enacted laws shielding motorists who hit protesters under certain circumstances.
In New York City, protesters at a Washington Square Park rally held signs with messages like"Forced birth=Violence" andEmma Handler, one of the thousands who gathered in Washington Square,that for a handful of unelected justices to have the power to"make these decisions about our lives and our health and our well-being is deeply dystopian."
"People will die from this choice, and I hope that people in power have this on their conscience," she added."I'm just sad."
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