After Roe v. Wade is overturned, Connecticut residents gather at rallies to protest

Mairead Koehler holds a sign decrying the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Way as hundreds of protesters march through the streets of downtown New Haven. Ryan Caron King
/ Connecticut Public

June 24, 2022 – Connecticut Public Radio – Ali Oshinskie

On the steps of the federal courthouse in New Haven Friday night, a representative from the League of Women Voters urged a crowd of abortion-rights supporters to vote.

A voice came from the crowd.

“We did!”

It was Ugonna Nwakudu, a rising senior at Yale University.

Protestors gathered in New Haven to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, saying the Constitution does not allow for a federal right to abortion.

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