‘We’re here to fight’: Hundreds march in San Francisco following leak of Roe opinion draft
Nayelli Zechman says she is “fucking angry. Fucking sick of it. Fucking tired. I want to feel like my cousins from other states can safely go about their lives knowing they have an option.” She participated and chanted with hundreds of other protesters down Market and Mission streets on May 3, 2022. | Camille Cohen
Carrying signs and chanting slogans, protesters marched from Mid-Market to the Mission District in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. One attendee held a sign that said, simply, 'Her Body." | Camille Cohen
Hayley Hernandez holds her sign on May 3, 2022. “Many people in my family have gotten abortions and without that, I don’t know what type of situation we’d be in now. We didn’t have the resources to support another kid. I feel strongly about this: If you want or need an abortion it should be there for you.” | Camille Cohen
News that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade drew hundreds of protesters to downtown San Francisco on May 3, 2022. | Camille Cohen
Serena Unzueta, who searched for protests in the Bay Area as soon as she heard about the leaked Supreme Court documents, said “this is a watershed moment in the political climate. It’s time to speak up and say it’s not right. The consequences are that women don’t have basic human rights.” | Camille Cohen
Nancy Robles, whose been involved with the Party for Socialism and Liberation for two years, speaks to a crowd of protestors at Market and Powell Streets on May 3, 2022, a day after the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision. | Camille Cohen
Brittany Schroeder and her puppy Lucy protest the threat to Roe vs. Wade on May 3, 2022. Schroeder, who formerly lived in Alabama, worries how the ruling will “directly affect lives of my people there." | Camille Cohen
Serena Haught marched from Mid-Market to the Mission District in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 following news that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in a future decision. “I’ve got to do my part.” | Camille Cohen/The Standard
Quinn Keck protests on May 3, 2022, because, “I just think that abortion rights affect everyone. This is really important to defend. I don’t think the state should control anyones body.” | Camille Cohen
Leo, Emma, Ro, and Ava, four friends, marched on May 3, 2022 in support of a woman's right to choose. | Camille Cohen
Anna Timmerman protests with all the others outraged at the leaked Supreme Court documents regarding Roe vs. Wade on May 3, 2022. “As a woman I’m fucking tired of having men control everything in our life, and I’m really tired of white men making decisions for us like we’re not capable. It shouldn’t be anyone else’s opinion. We’re here to fight.” | Camille Cohen
Andres Quinche protests with all the others outraged at the leaked Supreme Court documents on May 3, 2022. Quinche says he was raised by a single mother “and she had a choice. Everyone should have a choice.” | Camille Cohen
Nayelli Zechman said it's her second time at a reproductive rights protest before her 21st birthday. She participated and chanted with hundreds of other protesters down Market and Mission streets on May 3, 2022. | Camille Cohen
Carrying signs and chanting slogans, protesters marched from Mid-Market to the Mission District in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 following news that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in a future decision. | Camille Cohen
Hundreds gathered in San Francisco Tuesday evening to protest the Supreme Court’s intent to strike down pivotal abortion rights case Roe v. Wade. Carrying signs and chanting slogans, some marched from Union Square to the Mission District while others gathered in Mid-Market at the Phillip Burton Federal Building.
Attendees ranged from parents to young students to out-of-towners. Many said they felt compelled to show up because of the countless lives that could be endangered by this decision.
Nayelli Zechman said she is worried about her cousins who live in other, more conservative, states.
“I want to feel like they can safely go about their lives knowing they have options,” she said, adding that this was her second time at a reproductive rights protest before her 21st birthday.
Another protester, Diana Chardin, shared the impact Roe v. Wade had on her when she chose to have an abortion as a young adult. “I had the opportunity to choose my life,” Chardin said. “And I [later] went on to have five kids.”
The Supreme Court’s draft opinion, leaked to Politico on Monday, is an initial version of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. The Supreme Court confirmed the legitimacy of the draft on Tuesday morning.
