Abortion Rights Activists Scale Bridge in DC After Roe v Wade Overturned

After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on Friday, June 24, a pro-abortion-rights protester climbed to the top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington.

Demonstrators for and against abortion rights were gathered in DC on Friday as the news broke that Roe v Wade had been overturned.

Footage posted to Twitter shows a demonstrator atop the Douglass Bridge waving a flag after the decision was announced. Credit: Jeanne McVey via Storyful

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