Girls's March: Abortion rights activists tie themselves to White Home fence throughout protest

Thousands of pro-abortion rights protesters descended on Washington Saturday to march to the White Home and tie themselves to its fence.

Protesters used inexperienced bandannas, which have change into symbolic of the abortion rights motion. Secret Service brokers reportedly biked to the fence initially to take away protesters, however they finally left them alone.

“We is not going to be silent. We is not going to be ignored. And we is not going to let politicians play video games with our lives and our futures,” learn the protest invite on the Girls’s March web site. “If our leaders gained’t take motion, we'll.”

WHITE HOUSE PROMISES ABORTION SUPPORTERS THAT BIDEN'S ROE FIGHT ISN'T OVER

Exterior the White Home perimeter, protesters chanted "disgrace" on the president's residence, pointing fingers and elevating fists. A sit-in has continued across the Pennsylvania Avenue residence.

Earlier than marching to the White Home, over a thousand protesters gathered in Franklin Sq. amid the rain and the specter of arrest. They have been ready, packing umbrellas, raincoats, and jail help kinds. None have been arrested.

That is the most recent demonstration within the "Summer season of Rage," a protest motion that got here from the Supreme Courtroom's choice in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls's Well being Group, which eliminated the federal safety surrounding abortion.