“Kids our age care about our rights,” said a 17-year-old junior at Highland High School. “Even at 14, up to 18, 19 years old, we don’t want to sit back and just watch this happen.”
East High Students walk out to protest the Supreme Court's leaked decision to overturn Roe v Wade and give states the power to ban abortions on Thursday, May 12, 2022. .
More than 100 students stood in the courtyard at East High School with signs, with two reading, “My arms are tired of holding this sign since the 1960s” and “If you don’t like being forced to wear a mask, imagine being forced to have a baby.” They chanted, “Not the church, not the state, women must decide their fate,” and “Pro-life is a lie, they don’t care if people die.”
Across the courtyard, another group of students, mostly boys, formed at the north entrance to the school. They jeered and shouted at the protesters. Some other male students milled around the crowd making comments to undermine speakers. Several girls asked one young man to leave the demonstration, and after multiple refusals, one girl dumped her water bottle over his head. All of the fliers posted in boys’ bathrooms at East High announcing the walkout were torn down, organizers said.
“I don’t understand why men, who will never experience the pain of giving birth, the pain of period cramps, nor the pain of breastfeeding, think they can choose the outcome of the most difficult decision a woman can make,” 17-year-old East student Grace Russell told the crowd.They're holding signs that say "Banning abortion only stops safe abortion."
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