WASHINGTON — Scores of protesters took to the steps in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday hours after a draft opinion overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision leaked. Armed with megaphones, signs, buttons and at least one letterpress for speedy poster production, groups supporting and opposing abortion rights demonstrated and occasionally confronted one another in front of the barricaded court.
“Pro-choice is a lie, babies don’t choose to die,” a throng of anti-abortion activists chanted.
“Bans off our bodies” and “my body, my choice,” their counterparts replied.
The size of the crowd grew gradually during the day. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, delivered a short speech denouncing the “extremist Supreme Court.”
The New York Times spoke to a few of the protesters. Here’s how they described the moment.