A video showing abortion rights activists protesting outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this weekend has been viewed more than 2 million times.
Activists have planned several protests outside of the residencies of conservative justices after a leaked draft opinion outlining their intention to overturn the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was made public earlier this week. Pro-choice supporters have blamed the issue on the makeup of the court, which is currently comprised of six conservative leaning justices, including Kavanaugh, and three liberal leaning justices.
Outside of Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Saturday, a group of abortion rights activists were seen carrying pro-choice signs while chanting, “We will not go back.”
The energy is markedly more negative outside Kavanaughâs house. The anger has become much more palpable than outside any other justicesâ house. pic.twitter.com/zY2OY34hcA
— Douglas Blair (@DouglasKBlair) May 8, 2022
“You don’t get to take away my bodily autonomy and get [to] enjoy your Saturday at home. You can do one or the other,” one protester, Nikki Enfield, told local news station WUSA9.
Another protester, Lacie Wooten-Holway, told The Washington Post Saturday that Kavanaugh is her neighbor, and that she organizes candlelit gatherings in front of his house. Wooten-Holway said she feels obligated to do so, as she has had an abortion and is a survivor of sexual assault.
“I organize peaceful candlelit vigils in front of his house….We’re about to get doomsday, so I’m not going to be civil to that man at all,” she said.
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