Photo: Sasha Arutyunova On a warm Friday in late June, a palpable feeling of rage filled Washington Square Park. Thousands had assembled to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier the same day. They arrived in throngs, some emerging from the subway, others marching up the street chanting, “My body, my choice.” They were loud. They were angry. And they were not backing down.
Many of the people gathered clenched signs in their hands and wore green, which has become associated with the international abortion rights movement. A few carried children in their arms, now witnesses to history. “The fact that this is happening during the formula shortage,” one person observed to a friend. “We can’t take care of the babies that are here.” The speakers finished, and the crowd moved on, spilling back into the streets as chants filled the evening air.
“I came out today because I’m furious. First it was full heartbreak and a lot of emotions. I immediately looked up where the demonstrations were in the city because somebody needs to be loud. We’re living in a place where if you’re not angry you’re not doing your job.” — Emily Cohen, 33, teacher “My work with the abortion rights struggle has been for as long as I can remember. But I think most recently the leak with the Supreme Court really brought me in to organize with my socialist organization. folks are obviously going to lose access to care, but the precedent is really scary when we think about how it’s going to be applied to other cases, like Obergefell, losing the right to marriage equality.
Does anyone know what birth control is?
This 17 year old needs to go back to Civics class. She is a poster child for the failure of our educational system.