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What people said outside the Supreme Court after Roe v. Wade was overturned

Demonstrators from both sides of the abortion issue gathered outside the Supreme Court after the justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.
Abortion rights demonstrators hold signs outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

Demonstrators from both sides of the abortion issue gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday after the court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion that was guaranteed nearly 50 years ago by Roe v. Wade.

Signs reading "Rise up for abortion rights" were juxtaposed to those saying "I'm the post-Roe generation."

Although the crowd remained peaceful, there were heated conversations between groups. Lauren Cattaneo, who was there with her 17-year-old daughter, spent half an

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