Activists expect a larger turnout Tuesday afternoon and evening, with protests planned in state capitals across the country.
Highlights
- More than 100 supporters of abortion rights and a smaller number of opponents continued to voice their reactions to a leaked opinion by the court signaling it was positioned to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- The two groups were separated by police barricades, but many of the antiabortion demonstrators present earlier Tuesday had left.
- The pro-abortion-rights crowd was rallied by an appearance by Sen.
- Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- in front of the Supreme Court’s steps.
- Police closed First Street between Constitution and Independence avenues to vehicle traffic around 3:30 p.m.