Dad Camps Out On Bridge To Protest Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

Upset by the landmark ruling, which overturned the original 1973 decision, Guido Reichstader scaled the bridge last Friday - even sleeping at the very top on Friday night.

He described having 'a very, very, very strong emotional reaction' to the ruling, saying: "I couldn't not do anything."

He said that, after the draft legislation had been leaked in May, he'd wake up 'gasping for air' thinking about the future and the rights of his 12-year-old daughter.

"There's never been a point in US history where the rights of the population have been so egregiously attacked and rolled back," Reichstadter added.

The protest could be seen from street level, as he let off a green flare, and unfurled a flag of the same colour while standing precariously at the very top of an arch.

"The arches were designed in such a way that any reasonably fit person could climb them," he told Insider.

"It seems the designers just took it for granted that people would have the good sense not to climb up them. Of course, the moment I saw them, I knew they had to be climbed."

"Tens of millions of women are waking up without the right to control their bodies and that's why I'm on top of this bridge. I can't understand why the streets aren't already full of fathers standing up for their children's lives."

The father is no stranger to activism, having previously worked with 'Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights' in the past.

This led to an eventual arrest, after he attached himself to the barricades surrounding the Supreme Court earlier this year.

Officials did close the bridge on Friday and for part of the weekend, with Reichstadter eventually climbing down of his own accord on Saturday.