Tens of thousands of people protested in all 50 US states to show support for abortion rights.
They were provoked by a new law in Texas that introduces strict restrictions on access to abortion in this American state.
Abortion supporters across the country fear that constitutionally guaranteed rights are under threat.
In the coming months, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could overturn the 1973 decision that legalized abortion across America.
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In Washington, protesters with banners such as "Let abortion be legal" marched to the Supreme Court building.
The beginning of the rally was interrupted by about twenty counter-protesters.
"The blood of innocent babies is on your hands!" shouted one man, but he was drowned out by the chanting and clapping of the crowd, reports the Washington Post.
One marcher said she came to support a woman's right to choose.
"Although fortunately I've never faced that choice, there are many women who have, and the authorities and men should not have any say in the outcome when it comes to our bodies," Robin Horne told Reuters news agency.
The protests were organized by the same people who organize the Women's March every year, the event that first managed to gather millions in protests the day after the inauguration of former President Donald Trump in 2017.
"This is kind of a breakthrough for people across the country," said Rachel O'Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women's March.
"Many of us grew up with the idea that abortion should be legal and available to all of us," she added.
"The moment of awakening was when we realized that this right was threatened."
New York Governor Katie Hokul spoke at two protests.
"I'm tired of having to fight for abortion again and again," she said.
"We have earned that right and you will never take it away," she added.
Protests were also held in the city of Austin, Texas, where on September 1 a law was passed banning the termination of pregnancy after what opponents of abortion call by the heartbeat of the fetus, which is still the moment when many women do not even know they are pregnant.
The so-called Heartbeat Act also gives any individual the right to sue doctors who perform abortions after the sixth week.
Supporters of these regulations say its goal is to protect the unborn.
Politicians in several other Republican-dominated states are considering similar restrictions.
Abortion rights activists asked the Supreme Court to block the Texas law, but the justices refused by a 5-4 vote.
On Dec. 1, the court will hear arguments that could challenge the right to abortion up to the 15th week, which is valid in Mississippi.
The ruling could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which protects a woman's right to an abortion until the fetus can survive outside the womb, which occurs at the beginning of the third trimester, after the 28th week of pregnancy.
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