Late on Monday night a week ago an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). On Tuesday the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
Yesterday in Kansas City several hundred pro-choice demonstrators gathered at Mill Creek Park for a rally and picketing.
At one point early in the demonstration one individual approached from the north in the park.
…Someone never fails to make that mistake – berating a large gathering of pissed off women. They didn’t back down. Which seemed to upset him even more…
The audio is from a digital audio recorder via a lavalier microphone. Wind noise, street sounds, and the camera shutter are also audible in the recording.
Late on Monday night a week ago an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). On Tuesday the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
Yesterday in Kansas City several hundred pro-choice demonstrators gathered at Mill Creek Park for a rally and picketing.
Late on Monday night an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). On Tuesday the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
Today in Kansas City several hundred pro-choice demonstrators gathered at Mill Creek Park for a rally and picketing.
Support for the demonstrators from passing traffic came in the form of honking horns, raised arms and fists, and shouts of encouragement.
A very small anti-choice contingent (men, of course) showed up at various times during the demonstration.
The pro-choice demonstrators were diverse and came from many generations. They’re pissed off and activated. This is not going away.
“Now you’ve pissed off grandma”
“I’m a woman, not a womb”
Anti-choice mansplaining:
Someone never fails to make that mistake – berating a large gathering of pissed off women. They didn’t back down. Which seemed to upset him even more.
“I’m here for my grandchildren.”
“Keep your policies off my body”
“Up yours” “Against abortion? Get a vasectomy”
“Mind your dick”
There were speakers.
Representative Emily Weber (d).
“Pro-life is a lie. You don’t care if people die”
“…I must demand that you stop trying to deny me the rights all people deserve”
“Abortion should be safe, legal, and easily accessible”
“Keep your filthy laws off my silky drawers”
“Get your own, then tell it what to do”
“Against abortion? Get a vasectomy”
“I will not be told what to do by a man who can’t even find the clitoris”
“Don’t tread on me”
“Fuck the patriarchy”
“Pro Roe”
“Our arms are tired off holding these signs since the 1960s”
From 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. today a grassroots pro-choice demonstration, organized online and by word of mouth, took place on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in downtown Warrensburg. Over 100 individuals participated. There was a constant law enforcement presence. Most passing traffic signaled their support by honking their car horns. A few anti-choice individuals shouted what appeared to be unintelligible talking points which were usually meet with sharp retorts.
This was a much younger crowd and mostly female. They are awake and motivated. It would be a big mistake to ignore or discount their activism.
They were fearless.
Woman’s rights are human rights”
“Keep your bans off my body” “Not your body? Not your conversation”
“…trying to decipher what your little mythical book has to say about these very real political issues…”
“None of your business”
“If my uterus shot bullets…”
“This is not a surgical instrument”
“My body is not your political playground”
“Why does every woman know another woman that was raped, but no man knows a rapist”
“This land is my land”
Several large trucks trolled the demonstration with drive-bys. One truck, with a barely readable sign (“abortion is murder”) and a defaced American flag trailing from its bed made several passes over the course of the demonstration. The occupants were greeted with jeers and shouts about compensation.
“If my uterus shot bullets the government wouldn’t regulate it”
“Why am I fighting for the same rights my grandma fought for”
“Pro-choice is pro-women”
“Break up with your sexist boyfriends”
Two anti-choice counter-protesters across the street were met with a constant stream of heckling.
“I’m with stupid”
“Keep your laws off my fucking womb”
“You do not get to make my choice for my future”
“Abortion is health care”
Observing from across the street:
Keep your politics out of my uterus”
“Keep your politics out of my uterus”
“Keep your laws off my body”
After pro-choice demonstrators took over the northeast corner the two anti-choice protesters, one with an unreadable sign (“baby lives matter” – come on, can’t they think of anything else?), crossed to the southeast corner to stand next to the police. Two pro-choice protestors crossed to the same corner. A police officer tried to move them back across the street. They refused to move (it’s a public sidewalk) and the main body of pro-choice demonstrators on the courthouse sidewalk jeered and shouted from across the street. The police officer eventually relented.
“Protect women’s rights”
“Don’t let men make laws about a woman’s body”
“My body, my choice”
After 6:00 p.m. the remaining demonstrators marched down the sidewalk toward the University of Central Missouri campus.
[….]
In 2007, Massachusetts amended its Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act, which had been enacted in 2000 to address clashes between abortion opponents and advocates of abortion rights outside clinics where abortions were performed. The amended version of the Act makes it a crime to knowingly stand on a “public way or sidewalk” within 35 feet of an entrance or driveway to any “reproductive health care facility,” defined as “a place, other than within or upon the grounds of a hospital, where abortions are offered or performed.”
[….]
Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court.
A Massachusetts statute makes it a crime to knowingly stand on a “public way or sidewalk” within 35 feet of an entrance or driveway to any place, other than a hospital, where abortions are performed. Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 266, §§120E½(a), (b) (West 2012). Petitioners are individuals who approach and talk to women outside such facilities, attempting to dissuade them from having abortions. The statute prevents petitioners from doing so near the facilities’ entrances. The question presented is whether the statute violates the First Amendment.
[….]
Petitioners wish to converse with their fellow citizens about an important subject on the public streets and sidewalks—sites that have hosted discussions about the issues of the day throughout history. Respondents assert undeniably significant interests in maintaining public safety on those same streets and sidewalks, as well as in preserving access to adjacent healthcare facilities. But here the Commonwealth has pursued those interests by the extreme step of closing a substantial portion of a traditional public forum to all speakers. It has done so without seriously addressing the problem through alternatives that leave the forum open for its time-honored purposes. The Commonwealth may not do that consistent with the First Amendment.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
Today, at the United States Supreme Court:
ABC News @ABC
A new, imposing eight-foot-high fence was erected overnight at the U.S. Supreme Court in the wake of protests over a bombshell draft opinion on abortion.
[….] 1:16 PM · May 5, 2022
Apparently the First Amendment doesn’t apply.
“…Petitioners wish to converse with their fellow citizens about an important subject on the public streets and sidewalks—sites that have hosted discussions about the issues of the day throughout history…”
“…by the extreme step of closing a substantial portion of a traditional public forum to all speakers. It has done so without seriously addressing the problem through alternatives that leave the forum open for its time-honored purposes…”
Apparently the First Amendment doesn’t apply to criticism of the Supreme Court. Snowflakes.
Late on Monday night an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). On Tuesday the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
Late on Monday night an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). Yesterday the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
Late last night an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito was leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973). Today the Supreme Court confirmed that the document was authentic.
