The decision that sealed the Pink House's fate dropped shortly after 9 a.m. local time.
"They ruled against Roe. Abortion is now illegal!" a protester yelled outside Mississippi's only abortion clinic on Friday as word trickled out that the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
A group of volunteer escorts in rainbow vests, some who have helped guard the clinic for nearly a decade, quickly got back to work trying to keep protestors from blocking the driveway as dozens of patients arrived for their appointments.Tensions outside the clinic grew. The escorts blasted Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on repeat, trying to drown out the protesters shouting through bullhorns. A police car circled the block.
Once the Pink House closed, he said, he planned to start driving to North Carolina and Kansas to protest at clinics there. During a press conference Friday afternoon, the clinic's owner and director confirmed they are opening a new location in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which they have dubbed "Pink House West."
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