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Hundreds of pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators take to the streets outside the US Supreme Court Building after revelation that SCOTUS is set to overturn Roe v. Wade
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 3, 2022 | Reuters

Posted on 05/03/2022 8:03:24 AM PDT by Morgana

Hundreds of pro-choice activists took to the streets of Washington late into the night on Monday after news that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion nationwide.

A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Politico reported on Monday. The Supreme Court and the White House declined to comment.

Abortion rights supporters could be heard shouting 'abortion is healthcare' and 'my body my choice' outside the court in what were often emotional scenes.

Pro-life supporters were also present but in far smaller numbers with the two groups seen facing off outside the court. Anti-abortion activists chanted 'hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe v. Wade has got to go'.

Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in U.S. politics and has been for nearly a half century.

A 2021 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 59% of U.S. adults believed it should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% thought it should be illegal in most or all cases.

'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,' conservative Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion which is dated Feb. 10, according to Politico, which posted a copy online.

Based on Alito's opinion, the court would find that the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed abortions performed before a fetus would be viable outside the womb - between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy - was wrongly decided because the U.S. Constitution makes no specific mention of abortion rights.

Hundreds of pro-choice and anti-abortion activists on Monday night chanted and waved placards in the plaza in front of the steps to the Supreme Court, with barriers and a few uniformed police officers barring access to the colonnaded building.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; again; ketanjibrownjackson; paulryan; plannedparenthood; prolife; righttolife; roevswade; scotus; wisconsin

1 posted on 05/03/2022 8:03:24 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana
They're returning it to the states....The appendix has all the states which treated abortion as a crime.....thereby saying ROE is NOT precedence. Precedence was set prior to Roe.

Read the appendix. It's very interesting.

2 posted on 05/03/2022 8:05:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Morgana

Hundreds of pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators take to the streets outside the US Supreme Court Building after revelation that SCOTUS is set to overturn Roe v. Wade

-Fixed it-


3 posted on 05/03/2022 8:05:29 AM PDT by Pxzftrnqfrn
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To: Morgana

Boy. They sure are organized!~sarc. Imagine. Getting an insurrec...er uh peaceful protest together the minute the news “leaked”.


4 posted on 05/03/2022 8:06:17 AM PDT by albie
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To: Morgana

The USSC should release this ruling immediately now. Otherwise they are in for two months of harassment.


5 posted on 05/03/2022 8:08:25 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Morgana
Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in U.S. politics and has been for nearly a half century.

Well, it seems to be off the table now. It's a done deal.

I say this hurts the Democrats in a big way:

Presidential elections? Well, we have to stop that guy. He's against abortion.
Supreme Court nominee? Well, we have to stop that guy. He's against abortion.
Feminism isn't about helping women, it's about abortion. Well, what happens to feminism now?

I think the 2022 and 2024 elections will get a lot less "interesting" to people on the Left because their key point of interest has been taken away.

6 posted on 05/03/2022 8:09:07 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: Morgana

Who on earth is THAT COMMITTED to killing babies?

(rhetorical, we know)


7 posted on 05/03/2022 8:09:18 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: albie

Coordinated with the institution of a Dept of Homeland Security Disinformation Governance Board. An amazing coincidence!


8 posted on 05/03/2022 8:09:21 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Morgana

9 posted on 05/03/2022 8:09:32 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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To: Morgana

This is just a draft from Feb. Drafts circle around all the time, and it is normal for contesting drafts to run the course. The final vote is all that matters, the final vote on the last day before release.
This was leaked by some TWOT to drum up the leftist commie trash for the midterms. It is an unprecedented political move.
Just imagine the impression over at PlannedParenthood. Most of their income is from aborting black babies.


10 posted on 05/03/2022 8:11:02 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: Morgana

imagine being so evil that you feel compelled to demonstrate and riot on behalf of the “right” to murder a baby? These people need serious help!


11 posted on 05/03/2022 8:12:30 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think the 2022 and 2024 elections will get a lot less "interesting" to people on the Left because their key point of interest has been taken away.

I was thinking along the same lines as you. Although I'm still having trouble accepting that this is all "real".

I mentioned to my wife that SCOTUS nominations are likely to become more "civil" without the abortion litmus test in play.
12 posted on 05/03/2022 8:13:27 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Magnum44

Roberts would never allow it. He is hoping the leak will cause a Justice to flip.


13 posted on 05/03/2022 8:13:34 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: imabadboy99

gee, it’s too bad we don’t have Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court..... said no one ever - except Cheney and Bush family members.


14 posted on 05/03/2022 8:14:05 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: gibsonguy

Brace for another summer of riots.


15 posted on 05/03/2022 8:15:09 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Kevmo

Great sign. When Mondale was running I had a T-Shirt made that said “Former Fetus Against Ferraro”. I could see by the looks of people who read it that it got them to think.


16 posted on 05/03/2022 8:15:19 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

When I was in a pro-life rally, a 10 year old girl had her fetal sonograms posted on her sign. It was beautiful. I wish I had that picture.


17 posted on 05/03/2022 8:17:54 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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To: Morgana

Just a way to call out the Antifa troops and distract from 2000 Mules. We don’t even know if the leak is true.


18 posted on 05/03/2022 8:23:04 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Morgana

Consider.

Leaked o dark thirty.

Within

minutes

fence went up around s.c. building.
( as if someone knew leak was coming ? )

Protesters show up at o dark thirty with professional made signs
( as if protesters knew leak was coming and already had signs made ?)

Yesterday court installed brand new Marshal for s.c. security

( as if a politically reliable marshal was going to be needed ?)

White House has detailed statement ready to roll

( as if TalyBiden knew leak was coming ?)

KJB , who has no position on natural rights , is in the batters box

waiting to replace a right or left s.c. judge.

Who always pulls shiftycrap at I dark thirty ?


19 posted on 05/03/2022 9:56:31 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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