On June 22, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, as expected. And the pro-choice crowd took to the streets.

A hobby I’ve practiced for decades is photography. So after moving to Chicago in 2019, it seemed natural to seek out photography groups on Meetup. For those who don’t know about Meetup, it is a website where you can search for groups in your area who have similar interests as you. Pretty much every interest you can imagine has a group, especially in a big city like Chicago: history, singles, paddleboarding, dancing, women lawyers, Korean authors, hiking, etc.

One of the photography groups I found was Chicago Streets and Beyond Photography. They had planned an outing to photograph the first protest of the court ruling on Roe v. Wade at the Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago. We met a couple of blocks away beforehand, and the organizer gave us some tips on how to take photos at protests before we headed over and quickly lost each other in the crowds.

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