Protesters display their placards with the sun behind them: “Free Abortion”; “We won’t go back and we won’t back down”
CASPER, Wyo.– A large group gathered outside the faith-based True Care Women’s Resource Center, holding signs and protesting the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, as well as against Wyoming’s trigger law.
Protesters stood outside True Care for about half an hour, showing their signs and cheering. Several cars honked as they passed, acknowledging the cause.
The protest went very quickly and was organized on Facebook, organizer Jane Ifland said. True Care was chosen because of its involvement with the church, as well as its refusal to refer or recommend patients for aborted procedures.
“True Care markets itself as advising pregnant women — not all pregnant women are women,” Ifland said. “And they never talk about abortion, and they all talk about religion. I don’t want that in my public life, and I certainly don’t want it governing your body. Simply unacceptable.
Wyoming trigger law, which went into effect as soon as the federal decision was overturned, will soon ban abortion in the state. Exceptions to this law are applied “when necessary to protect the woman from a serious risk of death” or a risk of serious physical impairment of a major bodily function. It does not include psychological or emotional conditions. There is also an exception to the law in the case of incest.
At least one other demonstration is in preparation. It will take place at noon on July 9 at David Street station. Entitled “Casper, Wyoming: The March for Women’s Rights”, organizer Quinn Lewis on Facebook said the protest march would head towards the Center Street courthouse. Participants are asked to bring at least one coat hanger with them “as a symbol of the potential loss of women’s rights”.
“This is a PEACEFUL protest protected by our rights to assembly, association and expression,” Lewis wrote.
