A police officer leads a K9 around steel fencing and barricades surrounding the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) 
An abortion-rights activist wears tape reading “2nd Class Citizen” on their mouth as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Abortion-rights activists react after hearing the Supreme Court decision on abortion to overturn Roe v. Wade outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
People celebrate outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington, after the court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court’s landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Abortion-rights protesters regroup and protest following Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) 
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) 
Anti-abortion protesters celebrate following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) 
Mary Ann Berning of Kettering reacts to the announcement of U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday, June 24, 2022, just steps from the Women’s Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. (Liz Dufour/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) 
Abortion-rights advocate Eleanor Wells, 34, wipes her tears during a protest for abortion-rights in Los Angeles, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) 
Tricia Realbuto, of Burke, Va., cheers with the crowd against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. “I came here as soon as I heard,” says Realbuto, “It’s important to be here for many, many, reasons, it feels good to at least be here with others and scream and cry.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Dr. Kathleen O’Shaunessy of Olympia joins a supporters of women’s rights as they rally on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, Wash., Friday, June 24, 2022, following the morning’s announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Tony Overman/The News Tribune via AP) 
Grace Miller 11, left, and Leo Miller 5, right, hold signs during a Pro-Life rally at Federal Plaza Friday, June 24, 2022, in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) 
Katherine Sarris of Fairfield County and her mother Suzan Sarris, right, sing “Amazing Grace” at the end of a anti-abortion victory rally organized by the Family Institute of Connecticut at the State Capitol, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) 
A woman holds up a sign outside a federal courthouse to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion in Los Angeles, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) 
Raquel Juarez protests for abortion-rights at the Utah State Capitol Friday, June 24, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) 
An abortion-rights activist gathers for a protest following Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade at Union Square, Friday, June 24, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) 
Ongisa Ichile-Mckenzie, who is running for a Charles County, Md., commissioner seat and is the founder of Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality, protests outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court’s landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Abortion-rights activists draw on the sidewalk following Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 
Steve Sallwasser of Arnold debates Brittany Nickens of Maplewood during competing rallies held outside Planned Parenthood of Missouri following the U.S. Supreme Court announcement overturning Roe v. Wade abortion protection on Friday, June 24, 2022, in St. Louis. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) 
A woman holds up a coat hanger symbolizing unsafe, illegal abortions during a protest outside a federal courthouse in Los Angeles, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly charged decision on Friday, June 24, 2022, that ends constitutional protections to abortion nearly 50 years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal. Abortion-rights activists are protesting in the streets of U.S. cities, while anti-abortion demonstrators are celebrating the court’s decision. President Joe Biden says he knows many Americans are “frustrated and disillusioned” by the decision but says objections to the ruling should remain peaceful.
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