(24 Jun 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Columbus, Ohio – 24 June 2022
1. Various of anti-abortion advocates outside of Planned Parenthood in Columbus
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Evangeline Avaffy, Programs Coordinator, Created Equal:
"And it was like a surreal moment, I didn't believe it was happening. And then, after it sunk in, I just had tears streaming down my face. Just tears of, you know, relief, joy, and not that the fight is over, still a lot to do tomorrow or not tomorrow, but going forward. But today's a day where we can stop for a minute and recognize this moment."
3. Wide exterior of Planned Parenthood clinic
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexie Hall, Assistant to the Director of External Affairs, Created Equal:
"We're outside Planned Parenthood right now, offering resources to the women, going inside, telling them that they don't have to do this and that we are there for them. We will stand by them."
5. Pan, exterior of Planned Parenthood clinic while advocates for Created Equal picket along the sidewalk
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexie Hall, Assistant to the Director of External Affairs, Created Equal:
"It's a very exciting moment for all of us. We had 80 people, 80 pro-life people in one room together when we found out that the decision to over--reverse Roe v. Wade happened. And we were all thrilled and excited. We know that the work still needs to go on and there's much to be done."
6. Various exteriors of Planned Parenthood clinic
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Evangeline Avaffy, Programs Coordinator, Created Equal:
"We're going to continue to go out and talk to people, have one-on-one conversations, because regardless of, if policy changes or if the law changes, it's not going to change people's hearts. You know, we have to have real conversations talking about this issue. And, you know, it comes down to how people feel about it, not just what the government says."
8. Various exteriors of clinic
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexie Hall, Assistant to the Director of External Affairs, Created Equal:
"And so we're standing on the side of life we're standing on the side that opposes abortion because we recognize that every single human being has value and that our value is not determined by our size, level, development, environment or degree of dependency."
10. Wide of Created Equal sign outside of Planned Parenthood clinic
STORYLINE:
Anti-abortion activists gathered outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ohio's capital, following the Supreme Court's decision ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.
Friday's outcome overturning Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito.
Anti-abortion activists from Created Equal, an advocacy group dedicated to ending abortion, held signs opposing abortion outside the clinic.
Within an hour of the ruling, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost had asked a federal court to lift a stay on the state's ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
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