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Lauren Gambino and Lauren Burke in Washington

‘Do something, Democrats’: party struggles to rise to abortion challenge

The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, alongside the Senate Democratic Caucus, denounces the draft decision leaked from the US supreme court that would over turn Roe v Wade at the US Capitol this week.
The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, alongside the Senate Democratic Caucus, denounces the draft decision leaked from the US supreme court that would over turn Roe v Wade at the US Capitol this week. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Visibly shaking with fury and brandishing megaphones and posters, thousands of women defending reproductive rights in America thronged below the marbled columns of the US supreme court to protest against what appears to be the imminent demise of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling recognizing abortion as a constitutional right.

“Do something, Democrats,” the crowd chanted at one point.

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