“God killed his son, why can’t I?” the protester, NYC-based performance artist Crackhead Barney, repeatedly yelled as she dangled a baby doll throughout a Saturday morning demonstration outside the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
A smaller group of pro-life activists gathered on the steps of the iconic Manhattan church, facing the abortion advocates, and prayed the rosary. They sang the hymn, Ave Maria.
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The protests came amid a call for protest at Catholic churches across the U.S. in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would strike down the landmark 1973 ruling Rove v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States.
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All six Conservative justices on the United States’ highest court are Catholic.
Some pro-abortion groups pushed for “actions outside of churches” to kick off a “week of action” to protest the Supreme Court opinion, which is not yet absolute.
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The draft opinion, which was published by POLITICO on Monday, comes amid almost 50 years of federal abortion protections and could change before the ruling is completed in the following weeks.
The pro-abortion activists marched on St. Patrick’s Cathedral Saturday as pro-life advocates tried to engage in their monthly protest, FOX 5 reported.
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The group typically marches from the church to a nearby Planned Parenthood clinic on the first Saturday of every month in an attempt to protest abortion.
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Although, on Saturday, they instead faced angered pro-choice activists who fear the SCOTUS opinion may end in a federal abortion ban, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affirmed was “possible.”
The pro-choice demonstrators sported signs with messages like “abortion is a gift,” “anti-abortion laws kill us,” and “RIP Jesus, killed by ‘woke’ deadbeat dad.”
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The New York Young Republican Club, reacting to the demonstration, applauded the members of its Catholic Caucus for “standing up for their beliefs and for the fundamental rights of all unborn Americans.”
“Men sitting in the church’s rear pews were asked to pray outside to ensure that the leftist horde would not overrun the building,” the organization continued in an announcement shared on Twitter.
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The archdiocese explained to the TV station on Saturday it was “aware of the call for some kind of protest” throughout Mother’s Day mass on Sunday.
The religious authority was likely referring to the social media posts encouraging pro-choice advocates to interrupt Sunday’s church services.
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Pro-choice group Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights declared last week that members would be “hosting protests outside of prominent churches in their towns.”
“These can look like a group of people holding signs wearing Handmaid’s Tale outfits, passing out flyers outside to churchgoers or doing a die-in,” the group wrote on its website.
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