As the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pivotal abortion case on Wednesday, December 1, a group of pro-choice activists staged a demonstration outside the building that included chants for abortion pills and a ceremonial partaking of pills as a group.
The Twitter account “Shout Your Abortion” posted a video of the protest, saying, “ABORTION PILLS ARE IN OUR HANDS & WE WON’T STOP. Taking Mifepristone (sic) at the Supreme Court today.” Mifepristone is a progesterone blocker that can end a pregnancy that is less than 10 weeks along.
In the video, a group of women can be seen standing in front of a banner which read, “We are taking abortion pills forever” and holding boxes labeled “abortion pills.” With one woman leading, the crowd chanted, “Abortion pills are in our hands and we won’t stop,” followed by chants of “Abortion pills forever.” At the end of the chant, the women can be seen pulling pills out of the boxes and consuming them. It is unclear whether these pills were actually mifepristone or simply props.