JCPS students at three different schools staged walkouts today in protest of the looming possibility of Roe v Wade being overturned.
Students at Atherton, duPont Manual and Ballard high schools all walked out, according to JCPS spokesperson Carolyn Callahan.
The protests followed a leak on Monday of a draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade. Kentucky has a "trigger law" that would automatically make abortion illegal if Roe v Wade were overturned.
duPont Manual’s student newspaper, the Manual RedEye, posted a picture and a video on Twitter from the scene, showing a flood of participating students cheering as they walk back inside the building. Some were chanting “My body, my choice” and holding posters.
WATCH: Students chant as they return to the building after an organized walkout protesting the potential overturn of Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/5yc3CMdPrE
— Manual RedEye (@manualredeye) May 5, 2022
Online commenters praised the move.
Well done, young people of Kentucky!
Keep up the good work! https://t.co/vev7u4YkGy— Kentucky Not Kochtucky ?? (@kochtucky) May 5, 2022
The kids are alright https://t.co/htct9XVFOS
— Conor Shea (@CurlyShea) May 5, 2022
At Atherton, Callahan said, students walked out to the school’s interior courtyard. Some students left the building entirely but were let back in a side door by another student.
“Those students became disruptive, running through the auditorium during a class, and were told to exit the building,” she said. “It is JCPS policy that once a student leaves the building without permission, they cannot come back into the school.”
