“I came to America believing that this country respects women far more than where I came from.” Now photographer shuranphotoit feels like the country has gone back in time. From 1843 magazine
had been overturned, the crowd outside the Supreme Court was silent for about two seconds. Complete silence. Then everything shifted. An anti-abortion group started moving towards a podium in front of the building and gathering there. I rushed to the front and heard them say that the verdict had been overturned. They started celebrating: I could hear them yelling. A guy pulled out a bottle of champagne and started spraying it everywhere.
Some were trying to block me from photographing the other side. They didn’t want that side of history to be seen So many things were surreal, so many things that had to be documented. For instance, in the midst of all the tension and the clashes, a group of pro-lifers were listening to gospel music and praying. They were on the ground praying; many of them were crying, shedding real tears.
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