Angered by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, people hit the streets again on Sunday for more raucous mass protests against a ruling that almost immediately made access to abortions all but impossible in at least 18 states. From Washington, D.C., where on Friday the conservatives on the court swept aside a half-century of precedent to do away with the law, to the West Coast, protests broke out. As several states enacted bans, both supporters and opponents of abortion rights mapped out their next moves. Key highlights: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, whose state was among several where “trigger" laws were set to take effect after Roe v. Wade was struck down, said her administration would enforce its ban on telemedicine abortions, putting the state on a legal warpath against the federal government.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called the overturning "a crisis of our democracy” and questioned the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose state has banned abortions in almost all circumstances, insisted that access to contraception was “not going to be touched.”New York City's Pride parade, which typically recalls the marches and riots of the gay rights movement, focused on a celebration of identities and abortion rights. Planned Parenthood helped lead the parade, and while people many waved flags or held signs in support of reproductive rights, many also remarked that the energy of the crowd remained light, hopeful and joyous rather than angry.
Angered by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, people hit the streets again on Sunday for more raucous mass protests against a ruling that almost immediately made access to abortions all but impossible in at least 18 states. From Washington, D.C., where on Friday the conservatives on the court swept aside a half-century of precedent to do away with the law, to the West Coast, protests broke out. As several states enacted bans, both supporters and opponents of abortion rights mapped out their next moves. Key highlights: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, whose state was among several where “trigger" laws were set to take effect after Roe v. Wade was struck down, said her administration would enforce its ban on telemedicine abortions, putting the state on a legal warpath against the federal government.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called the overturning "a crisis of our democracy” and questioned the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose state has banned abortions in almost all circumstances, insisted that access to contraception was “not going to be touched.”New York City's Pride parade, which typically recalls the marches and riots of the gay rights movement, focused on a celebration of identities and abortion rights. Planned Parenthood helped lead the parade, and while people many waved flags or held signs in support of reproductive rights, many also remarked that the energy of the crowd remained light, hopeful and joyous rather than angry.