Pro-life activists counter-demonstrate as pro-choice activists participate in a "flash-mob" demonstration outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Pro-life activists counter-demonstrate as pro-choice activists participate in a "flash-mob" demonstration outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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Protests erupted Friday in the nation's capital and continued across the country over the weekend due to the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe vs. Wade.
The landmark decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization ended a 50-year constitutional right to an abortion.
"I'm joyful, I feel inspired and I just want to be loving today and show people love 'cause I care about everybody here," said Elizabeth Harris from Asheville North Carolina. She works for a crisis pregnancy center and was at the Supreme Court.
"There's no way around this patriarchy, besides being in the streets and nonviolent action," says Koyuki (KOH-you-KEE) Chen from Philadelphia. "We know that this can happen because in Latin America, women won this right to abortion in Catholic countries telling their story of what it was like to live in a country where abortion is illegal, and they marched in these streets."
Sponsor MessageMany states were ready for this decision. So-called trigger laws are in effect in 13 states across the country, effectively making all abortions illegal in the event of a Supreme Court decision against Roe. Missouri was the first state in the country to outlaw abortion, followed by Louisiana and South Dakota.
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Saturday to block Utah's abortion ban.
What impact is the overturn of Roe vs. Wade having on reproductive health care? What rights could be targeted next?
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