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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right for women to have abortions. Demonstrations quickly sprang up across Texas, and thousands of people took to the streets to grieve or celebrate the high court’s decision. Below are images from Texas Tribune photojournalists in the nation’s capital, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, McAllen and Dallas.
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Abortion-rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022.
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Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune
Abortion-rights protesters react to the overturning of Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C.
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Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune
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Demonstrators show up outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022.
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Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune
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Hundreds of protesters chanted outside the federal courthouse in San Antonio on Friday.
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In Austin, protesters marched through the street downtown in opposition of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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A woman cries out during a march near the Texas Capitol on Friday.
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Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune
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Demonstrators gather in downtown Austin on Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune
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Protesters march toward the state capitol in Austin.
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Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune
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Addison Kardos, 15, walks with thousands of people in a protest for abortion rights in San Antonio.
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Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribune
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A man carries his daughter during a rally for abortion rights outside the federal courthouse in San Antonio.
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Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribune
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Brock Akers, the board president of Houston Coalition for Life, speaks at a rally in support of the Supreme Court’s decision outside the Planned Parenthood office in Houston.
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Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune
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Vienne Crook smiles at a rally in Houston supporting the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune
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Cyclists ride past the Whole Woman’s Health abortion clinic in McAllen, which was effectively shut down after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday.
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Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune
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Anti-abortion demonstrators listen to a prayer at a Houston rally in support of the high court’s decision.
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Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune
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Demonstrators gather outside the federal courthouse in Houston hours after the Supreme Court announced its ruling.
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Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune
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A demonstrator speaks passionately to protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Houston.
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Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune
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A cross lays on the ground next to a tree hung with rosaries outside of the Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center in Dallas.
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Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
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