Libby Emmons
June 13, 2022
-The Post Millennial
Pro-abortion activists flocked to Washington, DC on Monday, in anticipation of a potential release of the Supreme Court verdict on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which could spell the end of federally protected abortion rights and revert the matter back to the states. The protest, dubbed ShutdownDC, was an attempt to do just that.
The Post Millennial’s Hannah Nightingale shot footage of activists chanting against abortion confronting those who were in favor of the practice.
LIVE in DC: Anti-abortion protestors try to block ShutdownDC’s attempts to March through the streets near The Supreme Court
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/xysFDynXkH
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 13, 2022
The two groups ended up in a shouting match. The groups offered competing chants and megaphone blasted messages.
LIVE in DC: Pro and anti-abortion protestors get into shouting match as ShutdownDC marches through the streets
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/jqkHTi1RgP
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LIVE in DC: Police surround pro-life protestors by the Supreme Court to block off pro-abortion protestors, one shouts “it’s not a baby until it’s motherf*cking born out of the f*cking *ss p*ssy
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/PyHEitlbGr
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LIVE in DC: Pro-abortion protestors block the intersection of First and Constitution by the Supreme Court
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/qbLIPzr1Sa
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LIVE in DC: Pro-abortion protestors block the intersection of Second and East Capitol by the Supreme Court
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/bEIubwEyum
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 13, 2022
On activist claimed to be assaulted by an officer after that officer repeatedly told him to back up, then moved the megaphone out of his face.
LIVE in DC: Pro-abortion protestor screams “assault” after officer pushed blaring megaphone away from his face
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/nTUO3NdDAP
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 13, 2022
LIVE in DC: Pro-abortion protestor calls a pro-life protestor a "trashy f*ck fat b*tch" and gets in people’s faces with a siren
Footage from @HannahNighting pic.twitter.com/3p3749IvxH
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 13, 2022
We're sleeping outside #SCOTUS to call EVERYONE who cares about women to get to DC & STAY!
It must become clear to all in power that we will sooner bring the gears of society to a grinding halt through mass nonviolent resistance than allow the right to abortion to be taken away. pic.twitter.com/C03JF0bYIh
— Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights (@riseup4abortion) June 13, 2022