Members of Amnesty International speak to protesters after the end of official speakers at Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Residents gathered at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse on Friday, June 24 to protest the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, a landmark case that ensured the federal right to abortion in the United States.
An overhead shot of the crowd as they listen to Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson during a protest at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)A woman records the crowd’s reactions to the speakers on her phone at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)Amanda Mielke holds a sign while listening to speakers during a protest at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)A protester holds a sign saying “abort the court” with the sign for the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)A woman holds a sign that says, “That’s my uterus … I don’t know you!” written on it at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)During a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, a person living in the building across the street from the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach unfurled a handmade banner in support of the protesters. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)A woman holds a sign proclaiming that America is embarrassing during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)Protesters hold signs while listening to speakers at during a protest at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)Cameron Kude of the Cafa Blanca mobile coffee cart holds a sign saying that “Good men must rise up” during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade at Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)Long Beach resident Ark Arlauskas holds two signs, one of which advocates for getting a vasectomy if a person is against abortion access, during a protest at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)A protester wearing a Handmaid’s Tale costume raises a fist during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade at Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach on June 24, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)