The Supreme Court docket on Friday stripped away the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for practically a half-century. The choice by the court docket’s conservative majority overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and is predicted to result in abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The ruling, unthinkable just some years in the past, was the end result of a long time of efforts by abortion opponents, made doable by an emboldened proper facet of the court docket fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
Protests outdoors of the Supreme Court docket instantly erupted following the controversial choice, with individuals from either side of the difficulty letting their voices be heard.
Here’s what is seemed like Friday afternoon in Washington D.C.
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1000’s of abortion-rights activists collect in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket after the Court docket introduced a ruling within the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Court docket’s choice in Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erases a federal proper to an abortion. (Photograph by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 24: Abortion-rights activist react after the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Anti-abortion activists react to the 6-3 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group which overturns the landmark abortion Roe v. Wade case in entrance of the Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)A journalist studies close to a crowd of abortion-rights activists in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket after the Court docket introduced a ruling within the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Capitol Police wearing riot gear watch as activists react to the Supreme Court docket’s ruling within the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group case in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to abortion-rights activists in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket after the Court docket introduced a ruling within the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Anti-abortion activists reveal in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket after the Court docket introduced a ruling within the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Activists with “Rise Up 4 Abortion” reveal outdoors the U.S. Supreme Court docket Constructing on June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Selections are anticipated in 13 extra circumstances earlier than the tip of the Court docket’s present session. (Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Abortion rights activists react to the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Anti-abortion activists have a good time in response to the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Folks argue following the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 24: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to abortion-rights activists after the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) speaks to Abortion-rights activists after the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being Group ruling in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court docket on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Court docket’s choice in Dobbs v Jackson Girls’s Well being overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erases a federal proper to an abortion. (Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures) (2022 Getty Pictures)
