OMAHA — Waving signs and chanting to motorists, abortion-rights protesters packed the pedestrian bridge straddling Omaha’s Dodge Street near Memorial Park on the evening of Friday the 24th.

Both sides of the city's primary corridor were lined by protestors for multiple blocks. They were of various colors and ages, with dogs, children, and a range of emotions.

A police commander estimated that up to 1,500 participated in the rally near 60th and Dodge Streets. Organizers called the turnout evidence that Nebraska was ready to mobilize and organize to stop the state from losing ground in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Andi Grubb, state executive director of Planned Parenthood North Central States, reminded the crowd time and again that abortion remained legal in Nebraska (up to 20 weeks after fertilization). She credited those in the crowd for showing up at the Unicameral to oppose measures to ban abortion.

“Shout from the rooftops we are going to do everything in our power to keep abortion safe and legal in Nebraska,” said Grubb.

After several organizers spoke to the crowd near the top of the knoll, the group marched down the hill to the Dodge Street corridor, where they raised an assortment of signs. Among the slogans: “Our arms are tired of holding this sign since the 1960s” and “We won’t go back.”

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