The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and in days afterwards, many, many thousands took to the streets from coast to coast. Revcom.us coverage of this can be found at:

Sights & Sounds, June 24 and Beyond: 
After the Illegitimate Supreme Court Decision Overturns Roe v. Wade: 
People in the Streets to Demand: Restore Nationwide Legal Abortion Now!

Protests have continued this past week. These photos and captions give a sense of people’s anger and determination to fight for the right to abortion.

On June 25, in San Francisco, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights mobilized people to have a presence at the Pride Festival. About 200 people came for a brief rally and speak-out and then marched into the Pride Celebration with a big green banner. People were really welcoming, many joined and the contingent grew to about 400. People were furious about the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and there was another speak-out. Some of the Black people who joined spoke out about both the attacks on a woman’s right to abortion as well as police violence against the people. On June 26, the Bay Area chapter of Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights marched in the Resistance Contingent of the Annual Pride Parade, getting many cheers from people on the sidelines.

In Chicago, thousands came out to protest in the days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This was followed up with actions the following weekend. On Saturday, July 2 a rally and march which grew to about 150 people was youthful, raucous and defiant. Speakers included Patricia Wallen and Paul Street who had just returned from the protests in DC, a member of the Revolution Club, a trans youth who met RU4AR on the plaza the day before, a young non-binary teacher and a young woman who spoke of escaping an abusive marriage. People then marched through downtown to Millennium Park. The protest included five hospital workers who came out in scrubs. At the park there was a die-in and then people returned to march through downtown again for another speak out where some of the speakers talked about the situation of women in other countries. Patricia Wallen spoke about the horrific situation of  women being imprisoned for even having miscarriages in her home country of El Salvador and the impact of this fascistic ruling on women the world over.  A young women from Honduras spoke about her country where abortion is illegal.

On Wednesday, June 29 in New York City, 60 youth marched from Union Square to Washington Square Park and held a speak out against sexual assault and the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade – ripping away the right to abortion. They held a speak out against the Supreme Court ripping away the right to abortion and sexual assault.  They read the famous Mario Savio statement: "There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels ... upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!” A father came with his 13-year-old daughter who had been sexually assaulted when she was 10-years-old. He held a sign that said, “We can’t let children give birth to children.” She took the bullhorn, yelling louder and louder, “No More!” On Friday,  June 1, youth gathered Washington Square Park to make banners and signs.  An organizer with RiseUp4AbortionRights.org spoke to a crowd of 75 to 100 people that had gathered for a later protest, calling on people to take to the streets.

Hundreds marched in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, CA, wearing green—which has become a universal symbol of abortion rights. The march was organized by Abortion Safe House LBC, a coalition of volunteers with the goal of providing transportation, access to legal abortion services and safe shelter for pregnant people, and Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Los Angeles.

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Fullerton, CA. The Orange County chapter of RiseUp4AbortionRights organized a July 1 protest, demanding “the federal government reinstate nationwide legal abortion now.” They did a “die-in” to symbolize those who will die from unsafe abortions.

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About 20 people gathered outside the people outside the Palm Desert, CA city hall for a protest organized by Riseup4abortionrights. One of the organizers, 22-year-old Oriana Perez said, “You would expect that in 2022 more people would be understanding that a woman has rights to her own anatomy, it’s her choice and her business alone. Nobody should intervene in that and it’s our decision what we choose to do.”