The United States Supreme Court struck down Roe V. Wade on Jun. 24, 2022, ending the right to abortion. See photos of pro-choice protests and anti-abortion celebrations here.
1 of 25Abortion Rights Protests: Photos After Roe V. Wade Is Struck Down
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision, Roe V Wade, has arrived. The highest court in the nation struck down the precedent on abortion rights on Jun. 24, 2022, nearly two months after a leaked draft decision made the rounds.
Rallies around the country began almost the moment the draft decision leaked. Here, pro-choice demonstrators rally in reaction in Miami, Florida, on May 3 2022. Various signs read “I Stand with Planned Parenthood,” “Bans Off Our Bodies,” and “My Body My Choice.” A participant powerfully raises a sign over their head that reads “Never Going Back.” The sign has a coathanger placed in the center, representing a method in which unsafe and often fatal abortions are performed when they are banned.
Click through our gallery to see some of the most powerful snapshots of pro-choice activists joining together in solidarity.
Busy Philipps Gets Arrested
Busy Philipps cheers while awaiting arrest during a protest and mass civil disobedience action for reproductive rights hosted by the Center for Popular Democracy at the Supreme Court. The event happened less than a week after the Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. JWHO, overturning Roe v. Wade and reversing the federal right to abortion access.
Busy Philipps Stands Up By Sitting Down
Busy Philipps flashes the peace sign while she’s arrested. She took part in a protest organized by the Center for Popular Democracy at the Supreme Court. The event comes less than a week after the Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. JWHO, overturning Roe v. Wade and reversing the federal right to abortion access.
Mass civil disobedience for reproductive rights, Washington, United States – 30 Jun 2022
Biden Addresses The Supreme Court Decision
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington DC, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Jun. 24, 2022. During his remarks, he said, ‘It’s a sad day for the court and for the country.’
A.O.C. Joins Protests
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joins abortion-rights activists as they demonstrate following Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington DC. on Jun. 24, 2022. She was swarmed by journalists as she charged through the crowd.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene Celebrates
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joins demonstrators celebrating outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2022. The right-wing firebrand tweeted about the decision to overturn Roe V. Wade saying ‘our prayers were answers (sic)’.
Pro-Choice Protestors In DC After Roe Is Officially Overturned
Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC on Jun. 24, 2022. The official decision had just been released.
Pro-Life Demonstrators Celebrate Roe Being Overturned
Pro-life celebrate outside of the Supreme Court on Jun. 24, 2022. They held up signs that said ‘Make abortion unthinkable’ and ‘Roe is dead’ after news the court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years.
Pro Choice Demonstrators Protest Roe Being Overturned
Not backing down yet. People protest for reproductive rights outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Jun. 24, 2022. They held up signs that said ‘Abortion on demand and without apology’.
Anti-Abortion Protestors Celebrate The Decisioin
Anti-abortion protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Jun. 24, 2022. The right had been fighting to strike down Roe since the very start.
Kate Beckinsale At The ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ Reproductive Rights Rally
Kate Beckinsale at the National Day of Action The “Bans Off Our Bodies” Reproductive Rights Rally sponsored by the Woman’s March Foundation at City Hall in Los Angeles. She wore starred pants and platform boots with a expletive-emblazoned shirt.
Connie Britton At The ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ Reproductive Rights Rally
Connie Britton speaks on stage during Women’s March Foundation presents National Day Of Action! The ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ Reproductive Rights Rally on May 14, 2022. She held three fingers up.
Samantha Ronson Attends The Women’s March 2022
Samantha Ronson attends the Women’s March 2022. She was ready to speak up.
Pro-abortion Rights Rally in Los Angeles
A pro-abortion rights advocate holds up a sign that says “My Organs Are Not Your Commodity.” This took place during a rally in the streets of West Hollywood, California on May 7.
Protesters In LA
Pro-abortion rights advocates march in the streets of West Hollywood, California, on May 7 2022. “Roe Wasn’t The Start of Abortions. It Was the Start of People Not Dying from Abortions” one of the signs reads.
A Drag Queen Speaks At LA Protests
A drag queen stops mid-performance to hold up a sign and show support to pro-abortion rights advocates as they march by in West Hollywood, California on May 7 2022. The sign reads “Abortion on Demand & Without Apology.”
Supreme Court Abortion Protests In New York
Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge during an abortion rights demonstration, in New York on May 14, 2022. Demonstrators are rallying from coast to coast in the face of an anticipated Supreme Court decision that could overturn women’s right to an abortion.
Protesters Take The Streets Of New York
New York City Mayor Eric Adams marches with protesters as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge during an abortion rights demonstration. The event took place in New York on May 14 2022.
Supreme Court Protests In Washington D.C..
Capitol police officer asks abortion rights demonstrators to move off the street, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. This is ahead of the main march that was expected to start marching from the Washington Monument on May 14 2022
Bans Off Our Bodies March In D.C.
In Washington DC on May 14 2022, a protester displays a sign at the flagship event of a nationwide day of protest for reproductive rights. Hosts Planned Parenthood and the Women’s March organized the numerous demonstrations in a response to the leaked draft opinion by the Supreme Court that will overturn the right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade. Thousands of Americans attending the event demanded that the rights to bodily autonomy and reproductive decisions remain in the hands of each individual.
Protestors Gather At The National Monument
Thousands of people attend the flagship event of a nationwide day of protest for reproductive rights. The gathering is known as the “Bans Off Our Bodies” march in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2022.
‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ March In New York
People protest at the “Bans Off Our Bodies” March staged by hundreds of abortion-rights activists on the Brooklyn Bridge on May 14, 2022 in New York. Many of them are holding up a wide green and white banner in defiance.
Protest Signs At New York’s ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ March
People hold up signs such as “Keep Your Policies off My Body” and “Abortion is Health Care” during the “Bans Off Our Bodies” March. This occured on the Brooklyn Bride on May 14, 2022.
Protesters Invoke RBG’s Memory
A protester holds up a sign of Ruth Bader Ginsburg during an abortion-rights activist march on May 14, 2022 in Brooklyn. Another sign reads “Vote the Elephant Out of Our Wombs.”
Thousands Protest The Supreme Court
A large abortion rights gathering forms on the Brooklyn Bridge on May 14, 2022. Protest signs say “My Body, My Choice,” and “A Woman’s Choice.”
