Middle Fingers Up In Austin After End of ‘Roe’

More than 1,000 people marched through downtown Austin on Friday, June 25 to express their anger and sadness over the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe V. Wade and the impending, widespread erosion of abortion access as a result.

Hundreds of protesters thronged the steps of the federal courthouse in downtown Austin in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s striking down Roe. (Credit: Kit O’Connell/Texas Observer)

Organized coalitions like Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights and others called for protesters to gather at the federal courthouse and in the surrounding Republic Square Park on the night after the Supreme Court decision came down. Word spread rapidly via social networks and posters affixed to lampposts throughout the city.