'We Won't Go Back': Protesters Line Streets in St Petersburg to Demand Abortion Rights
Protesters marched in support of abortion rights in St Petersburg, Florida, on January 22, the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade.
Video filmed by Twitter user @GirlyLiz shows demonstrators gathered at the intersection of Central Avenue and 3rd Street on Sunday. The protesters were seen carrying signs advocating for abortion access and heard chanting slogans such as, "We won’t go back.”
Roe v Wade, the landmark decision codifying abortion rights across the United States, was overturned by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022. Abortion is currently illegal in Florida after 15 weeks. Credit: @GirlyLiz via Storyful
Video Transcript
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- Oh, I like the China ones.
- Yeah, it is in Chinese.
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We Won't go back!
[HONKS]
- Woo!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
[CHEERING]
- Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Abortion bans have got to go! Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Abortion bans have got to go! Hey-hey!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To banned the right to abortion!
[HONKS]
- Woo!
- We won't go back!
- To ban the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
- To ban the right to abortion!
- We won't go back!
[CHEERING]
- Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Abortion bans have got to go! Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Abortion bans have got to go! Hey-hey! Ho-ho!
