Abortion rights protests around the United States were planned Tuesday in response to the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe vs Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
Demonstrators gathered Monday outside the Supreme Court in Washington and returned Tuesday after a Politico report detailed the draft from Associate Justice Samuel Alito that said, "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start."
Organizers from the Women's March, a global protest held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, called on supporters of abortion rights to rally outside federal courthouses and other government buildings Tuesday evening.
George Washington University freshmen Ellie Small, 19, and Emma Hearns, 18, took a break from studying for finals Tuesday to join the protest for abortion rights.
Social media posts circulating also indicated protests were being planned near the Texas state capitol in Austin, the U.S. courthouse in Los Angeles and the U.S. courthouse in Chicago.
Calling the leaked Supreme Court document a "Bad opinion," Miller said she hopes the news encourages Democrats to fight back - first by "Bombing" the filibuster and passing a law to protect abortion.
"Abortion is oppression," Maggie Donica, 21, said into a megaphone. Though she described herself as anti-abortion, Donica said her primary reason for protesting is to return the right to decide on abortion to the states. "(Overturning Roe) is a statement of neutrality and it gives the states back the right to make their decisions," she said.
