PHOTOS: Protests continue at Supreme Court over Roe v. Wade

June 25, 2022

Anti-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators confront each other in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2022, a day after the Supreme Court released a decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, striking down the right to abortion. - Abortion rights supporters prepared to fan out across America Saturday for a second day of protest against the Supreme Court's thunderbolt ruling, as state after conservative state moved swiftly to ban the procedure. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

June 25, 2022, 10:40 PM

The Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. The decision allows states to ban abortion.

Over the weekend following the decision, crowds gathered at the Supreme Court, which has been fenced off for weeks after a draft decision wasleaked. See photos of the reaction to the Supreme Court decision.

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Erin Connelly of the District, who is 37 weeks pregnant, came out to SCOTUS Saturday in support of abortion rights.

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 25: Guido Reichstader protests the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade from on top of the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge on June 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Reichstader spent the night on the bridge in protest saying the rights of the population have been “egregiously attacked and rolled back.”. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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Protests continued Saturday at the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. over the court’s reversal of the landmark 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, which legalized access to abortion across the United States.

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Protests continued Saturday at the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. over the court’s reversal of the landmark 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, which legalized access to abortion across the United States.

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 25: Police have the roadway blocked off as Guido Reichstader protests the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade from on top of the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge on June 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Reichstader spent the night on the bridge in protest saying the rights of the population have been “egregiously attacked and rolled back.”. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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An abortion rights demonstrator raises their fist, painted in red, in the air while yelling during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2022, a day after the Supreme Court released a decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, striking down the right to abortion. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Protests continued Saturday at the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. over the court’s reversal of the landmark 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, which legalized access to abortion across the United States.

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Nadine Seiler attends a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2022, a day after the Supreme Court released a decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, striking down the right to abortion. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)