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Photos: Protesters rally against Roe reversal in Cedar Rapids.
Around 200 community members gathered to voice their opposition and speak out against the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Jun. 24, 2022 7:29 pm
Protestors display sings to passing traffic at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Iowa based artist Akwi Nji speaks during a protest at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Protestors gather at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Iowa State Representative Liz Bennett speaks during a protest at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Protestors gather at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Protestors display sings to passing traffic at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Sheila Johnson, 52, of Cedar Rapids (left in green shirt) leads protestors in chants during a rally at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Johnson expressed dismay and anger at the court’s ruling saying: “I have three daughters and don’t know where we should live now. I don’t want to live in a world like this.” Johnson attended her first reproductive rights demonstration in Washington DC in 1989 and said that her mother was demonstrating today as well. “It shouldn’t be necessary for three generations of women to fight for fundamental rights” said Johnson. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Iowa based artist Akwi Nji speaks during a protest at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Protestors display sings to passing traffic at the intersection of Eighth Avenue SE and Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Around two hundred community members gathered to voice their opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
