WASHINGTON, D.C. – Professional-preference protesters who gathered outdoors the Supreme Court docket on Friday night informed WHD News they supported Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calling the abortion ruling "illegitimate."

"I concur, it is illegitimate," one demonstrator advised WHD News. "We just have to hold fighting, and we have to retain likely."

Just after the large court's 5-4 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Ocasio-Cortez chanted with protesters calling the choice "illegitimate."

Questioned by a crowd member: "What can you do in Congress?"

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Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, responded: "I mean that is the thing. We have to fill the streets. Correct now, elections are not enough." 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to abortion-rights activists in entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court right after the Court docket introduced a ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Wellbeing Organization.  (Photograph by Nathan Howard/Getty Images))

One particular female, Julia, told WHD News: "I agree. It is really also seriously irritating for the reason that we have the government—the Democrats have the government … and they failed to codify Roe v. Wade."

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"I feel the option is a large amount of folks just like, getting this into their very own fingers and supporting their personal communities, obtaining out there and supporting 1 a different," Julia ongoing.

Activists flock to the Supreme Courtroom pursuing the overturn of Roe v. Wade on Friday June 24, 2022. (WHD News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)

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"Volunteering for abortion entry, making certain that absolutely everyone has monetary entry to abortions, to Plan B, to force for policies that are likely to circumvent this destruction of our rights," Julia stated.

Demonstrators assemble outdoors the Supreme Court docket right after Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022. (WHD News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)

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Yet another lady said she felt "what AOC likely intended" was that "we truly require all types of state legislators and courts to act rationally and decide quite and not judge in the partisan and corrupt way that the courts have been."