'We are going to fight': Protests erupt amid leak claiming Roe v. Wade overturned

Crowds advocating a woman's right to choose held up placards and chanted on Monday night (local time) amid rumours the US Supreme Court will overturn the historic Roe v. Wade abortion decision. Source: Reuters

Video transcript

- (CHANTING) Abortion is healthcare.

- (CHANTING) Anti-choice is so 50 [MUTED] years ago.

- Choose!

- Women!

- They are not going to get away with this. Let me say that. I don't care what I have to do, but they're not going to do this to DC. And they are not going to do this to America. There's more of us than [? there ?] is of them, and we are going to fight.

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