Anti-abortion demonstrators met counter-protestors from the organization NYC For Abortion Rights during their march from St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral to a Bleecker Street Planned Parenthood clinic on Saturday, Feb. 4. Recent legislation that legalizes the purchase of abortion-inducing pills from pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS fueled Witness for Life, the organization behind this protest.
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Many protestors wore green. Others held wire hangers. Some women wore tanks or bikini tops with “MY BODY MY CHOICE” painted across their chests and blood-red paint smeared down their legs.
Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Cout case that legalized abortion for nearly 50 years, was overturned that morning on June 24, 2022.
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On Dec. 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center case. This case has received much media attention because it challenges the historic 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which I argue ignorantly upheld a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion procedure. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Mississippi, Roe will officially be overturned, returning the issue of abortion litigation back to the States where I believe it belongs.
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