Pro-abortion rights activists protested outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the city of Falls Church, Virginia over the weekend, brandishing baby dolls and wearing fake-blood-stained clothes.
The protestors, youth activists part of a group called ‘Rise up 4 Abortion Rights’ held the toy dolls and tied their hands together with tape as they marched to Coney Barrett’s family home on Saturday, as part of the protest which has been labelled ‘sick’ and ‘disgusting’.
'BLOODY' SCENE: Pro-choice protesters descend on home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett carrying baby dolls. https://t.co/K1HLIkx2u0 pic.twitter.com/0CW5HPV6uj
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 20, 2022
High profile American attorney and legal analyst Jonathan Turley was one of many who took to Twitter to comment on the graphic protest, describing the young protestors as “the face of our national rage addiction”.
Disgusting protesters holding baby dolls and covered in “blood” harassing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett at her home. She has young children and this is illegal. https://t.co/NV2zkiqrpX pic.twitter.com/19b3auYNul
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) June 19, 2022
Protesters have again descended upon the home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Despite her seven children in the home, the protesters displayed bloody clothing and discarded babies. It is the face of our national rage addiction. https://t.co/KjchR5dt4m
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 19, 2022
Pro-life campaigner Laura Klassen, Head of pro-life Canadian organisation Choice42, saw the protest as a chance for satire. Taking to her Twitter account, she wrote: “Pro-Choice protestors did this in front of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home because…abortion is bloody and it’s really all about the babies? That’s my take-away. Think they nailed it”.
Pro-Choice protestors did this in front of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home because…abortion is bloody and it’s really all about the babies? That’s my take-away. Think they nailed it. #abortion pic.twitter.com/NBKnKheshu
— Laura Klassen (@_LauraKlassen) June 19, 2022
One protestor, aged only 15, blasted the potential overturning of Roe v Wade, which set the legal precedent for the legalisation of broad-based abortion laws across most US states, as unfair.
“This is what Amy’s America looks like,” the child said in a video posted by Rise up 4 Abortion Rights.
“Children will be forced to give birth to children. Women will be silenced. Women will be invalidated. Women will be told they are less than. And that is not OK. We cannot let that happen. … You can’t let this future happen to us. It’s not fair”, she said.
The group uses slogans including “forced motherhood = female enslavement,” and called Saturday’s protest the “Women Are Not Incubators Youth Procession.”
We aren't incubators! Youth procession delivered baby dolls to Amy Coney Barrett. We aren’t protesting to change the minds of women-hating fascists.We're calling on the pro-choice majority, on YOU, to get in the streets to STOP #SCOTUS from overturning Roehttps://t.co/Y0oCPlHcsr pic.twitter.com/nkHT7iamHO
— Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights (@riseup4abortion) June 18, 2022
Sharing footage of the event to Twitter, the group were subject to backlash, with many criticising their tactics. Pro-lifers said that the nature of the protest helped to expose abortion for what it is – “very bloody”.
“So at least they now acknowledge that abortion kills babies”, one person said.
Thank you @riseup4abortion for showing us how babies are exterminated in the womb, it is very bloody. You have helped the pro life movement immensely!!!!
— Maria Cook (@MariaCo72813423) June 18, 2022
So they at least now acknowledge that abortions kill babies. Finally.
— Holgadina Schokominza (@zuckerhoernchen) June 18, 2022
Questions have been raised in recent weeks over the legality of protesting outside the homes of the Supreme Court Justices who could be set to overturn Roe. Joe Biden’s administration claimed the invasive protests were acceptable as long as they were ‘peaceful’, however, some experts have said the protests could be illegal regardless of how peaceful the demonstrations may be.
A statute enacted in 1950 called Title 18, Section 1507, of the U.S. Code states that it is illegal, “with the intent of influencing any judge,” to picket or parade “in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer”, “or with such intent,” to resort “to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence”.
Therefore, experts on both sides of the abortion debate say protesting at a member of the judiciary at home could be illegal.
Moreover, It is not the first time protestors have targeted the home of Coney Barrett, where she lives with her husband and seven children. In May, protesters dressed as handmaiden’s were filmed marching outside her private residence – in a move which was condemned by many who said that protesting outside the Supreme Court would be a more effective and appropriate tactic.
Handmaid's Tale is at Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home. pic.twitter.com/mCQrrgo4Lt
— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) May 11, 2022
In a recent poll conducted by Fox News, a majority of Americans said they believed it was wrong to protest at the homes of Supreme Court justices.
The scenes of chaotic protests come as a man was this month charged with the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; a development which sparked major concern about the safety of the Justices and their families who are now routingely being targeted at their homes.
A Californian man, Nicolas John Roske was found to be in possession of a firearm and a knife having been spotted getting out of a taxi.
“Roske was quickly charged with attempting to murder Justice Kavanaugh and apparently told arresting officers that he planned the murder in order to “give his life purpose.” He claimed to have found Kavanaugh’s address online and that he was angry over the recently leaked Supreme Court decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade basis for abortion on demand,” Gript’s Dr. Matt Treacy reported.
Just days after the assasination attempt on Kavanaugh, pro-abortion terrorist groups shifted their attention to ‘threatening’ the children on Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett, a development which has been described as terrifying.
The pro-abortion group ‘Ruth Sent Us’, who were responsible for leaking the home addresses of the Justices on the internet and have organised some of the protests at their homes, made headlines for making threats not only against the justices, but against their families.
To protest Justice Amy Coney Barrett, ‘Ruth Sent Us’, who are reportedly planning a ‘Summer of Rage’ in the wake of the Roe v. Wade judgement, urged people to join them in front of an elementary school attended by Coney Barett’s children.
“If you’re in the DC metro area, join us. Our protests at Barrett’s home moved the needle to this coverage,” the group said on social media.
“Falls Church is a People of Praise stronghold. She sends her seven kids to a People of Praise school that she sat on the Board of Directors for. She attends church DAILY.”
If you’re in the DC metro area, join us. Our protests at Barrett’s home moved the needle to this coverage.
Falls Church is a People of Praise stronghold. She sends her seven kids to a People of Praise school that she sat on the Board of Directors for. She attends church DAILY. pic.twitter.com/keHxXp4TPQ
— Ruth Sent Us 🪧 (@RuthSentUs) June 8, 2022
The group then complained on Twitter that they were the ones subject to threats and harassment, and said they “never threatened” the Supreme Court Justice’s children despite directly mentioning the children and their school.