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Ariel Cohen

Steps from the court, lawmakers plot next moves on abortion - Roll Call

To see the schism on abortion in America, just listen and look to the signs.

On Friday, in front of a Supreme Court that had just overturned the nearly 50-year-old precedent creating a legal right to an abortion, anti-abortion activists danced to the song “Proud to be an American” while holding posters of gravestones marking the death of Roe v. Wade. Others took celebratory selfies in front of the court.

Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates rallied to a sardonic pop song, “F— You” by Lily Allen, holding signs reading “America is not a Christian nation.” Women placed duct tape over their mouths in protest. Others cried.

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