Dueling protests outside Supreme Court as Justices hear Mississippi abortion case

On Wednesday morning, two large groups of protestors gathered outside the Supreme Court, where justices are currently hearing a case from Mississippi regarding abortion.

Protestors and activists have been seen outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC as early as Tuesday night, where pro-life activists were seen praying outside the building.

The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case.

Jackson Women's Health argues that Mississippi's abortion laws fail to pass Casey's requirement set into motion by Planned Parenthood v. Casey. They argue that the laws fail to pass "Casey's requirement that state laws not impose an "undue burden" on access to abortions before viability," according to Fox News.

Mississippi's state solicitor general, Scott Stewart, has petitioned the court to overturn Roe v. Wade, and is arguing that abortions past the state's 15 week abortion ban are dangerous, with women facing complications from he procedure.

Mississippi's brief argues that its abortion law "rationally furthers valid interests in protecting unborn life, women's health, and the medical profession's integrity."

Protestors and activists from both sides have turned out at the Supreme Court, with some estimates placing the turnout in the hundreds.

Pro-life demonstrators appeared to be slightly outnumbered by pro-choice advocates, though there has reportedly been little clashing between the groups, according to Fox News.

Police barricades separate the two groups for the most part, though people can easily walk between the two areas past the barricade line.

The groups also featured opposing speakers, with loudspeakers placed on each side of the barricades.

Many of the protestors held signs, including ones that said "pro-woman, pro-science, pro-life," "stop calling violence feminism" featuring a drawing of a fetus, and "bans off our bodies."

Students from Liberty University, a private Evangelical university in Lynchberg, Virginia, prayed outside the Supreme Court. One student told Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan that around 1,000 students were bussed from the university to DC for the occasion.