Cynthia Nixon, NYC Pride March attendees react to Supreme Court's abortion ruling

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Cynthia Nixon, NYC Pride March attendees react to Supreme Court's abortion ruling

NEW YORK CITY – Pride March attendees in the Big Apple, including Cynthia Nixon, were outraged over the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, with many calling for action to counter the ruling. 

"It’s a travesty," Nixon, a former "Sex and the City" star, told Fox News at the annual parade. "It goes against legal precedent and the desires of the American people and just common sense." 

Other attendees at Sunday's parade told Fox News called the Supreme Court's decision "disgusting" and said they were "devastated" and "felt physically ill."

The high court's 5-4 ruling reversed the 1973 decision and gave states the authority over abortion regulation. Nearly 60% of Americans disapproved of the ruling, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll published Sunday.

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Cathy, who works for an advocacy group, the LGBTQ Task Force, said "it felt like a real punch in the stomach" when she heard the Supreme Court’s decision.

"Queer people get pregnant. Bisexual women get pregnant. Trans people get pregnant," Cathy told Fox News. "So reproductive rights is an issue for us, and it's also a broader issue of bodily autonomy."

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To counter the Supreme Court ruling, Pride March attendees suggested actions ranging from modifying the courts to rallying an international uprising. 

"We need to stand up on a global scale, like Middle East, Asia," Alex, from New York, told Fox News. "We need to really rise and fight for what is right."

"Sex in the City" actress Cynthia Nixon reacts to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade at the NYC Pride March.

Another New Yorker at the Pride March said: "This is just the start of something bigger, and it's scary. And we need to use that as ammunition to fight." 

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Nixon, who previously ran for New York City mayor, told Fox News: "Codify Roe v. Wade and expand the court."

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One woman who said the decision indicated that "the government is headed in a direction where women are not going to be equal to men."

"We can’t have lifelong term limits. We need more justices," she said. "We can't have nine people making decisions for 300-something million people."

Jorge, of Massachusetts, said the U.S. needs to eliminate the electoral college so that "we’re not held hostage by these very conservative states that do not represent the majority."