Nearby, sitting in a tree above the crowd, 23-year-old Kate Coiro holds a sign that reads “You cannot support guns and lives,” in reference to the Supreme Court’s decision one day previously gave a New York’s restrictive gun control laws.
Ms. Coiro, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, said: “This is the first time I have personally felt attacked by a government decision. “I want people to know that no one likes abortion, even those who have one. That’s not plan A.
In the evening, crowds in the park began to disperse, and several hundred people headed south toward Lower Manhattan, blocking traffic and eliciting cheers from diners posing for photos outdoors.
As the march ended in Foley Square, Maya Vargas worried about her family in Florida, one of a number of states with so-called trigger laws that allow for a swift ban on nearly all abortions. has now been debunked.
Ms Vargas, 21, of Astoria, Queens, said: “I worry a lot about my family because they live in the South. “We’re relatively privileged here in New York, we don’t really have to worry about that at the moment.”
“My younger cousins were very scared,” she added.
Back on the corner of West 4th Street and LaGuardia Place, Sophie Apple, 26, of Harlem, wondered what she could do to help people in other states.
“In a way, my goal is to help provide donations where I can, volunteer where I can, help women travel to New York or other states, ” she said, “because that seems to be the way forward.”
Hurubi Meko and Julianne McShane contribution report.
