Washington: Several women marched toward the US Supreme Court on Saturday as a part of nationwide protests demanding continued access to abortion in a year when conservative MPs and Judges have put it in jeopardy. Thousands of women filled a square near the White House for a rally before the march.

Several women waved signs that said “Mind your own uterus,” “I love someone who had an abortion” and “Abortion is a personal choice, not a legal debate,” among other messages. Some women wore T-shirts reading simply “1973” a reference to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal for generations of American women. Organisers said that Washington March will be among hundreds of abortion themed protests around the country.

The demonstrations come days before the start of a new term for the Supreme Court that will decide the future of abortion rights in the United States, after appointments of Justices by President Donald Trump strengthened conservative control of the High Court. Executive Director of the Women’s March, Rachel O’Leary Carmona said in a statement that the march is part of a fight to secure, safeguard, and strengthen our constitutional right to an abortion.

And it’s a fight against the Supreme Court Justices, MPs, and Senators who aren’t on our side or aren’t acting with the urgency this moment demands. The march comes a day after the Biden Administration urged a Federal Judge to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September.