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‘We’ve done our part’: End of Roe brings answer to prayer

Tanya Britton prays on her living room couch at 5 a.m. after waking up early to pray, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. On Friday, as she does every day, she rose early and prayed. When the news broke that the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, she immediately felt washed over with a paralyzing happiness. Her throat tightened. Tears welled. She felt numb all over. Abortions will continue, she knows, and so her work continues too. As it all sank in and the moment she spent years praying for arrived. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A wall of family photos decorates the living room of Tanya Britton's home in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Britton, an anti-abortion activist, got started in this work around 1990, praying the rosary outside a clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, and before long, it consumed whatever time was left over from working full-time as a nurse and raising her son. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A bible and rosaries sit on a table in the home of anti-abortion activist Tanya Britton, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. Sometimes Britton would quote scripture or quietly pray outside abortion clinics. Others, she'd block entrances and make a spectacle. She'd go out in the bitter cold and in the blazing sun, and when she returned home, she'd be so tired, she'd collapse in her hammock. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton looks over some of the fliers and pamphlets she used to hand out while protesting outside abortion clinics, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as she stands in her home in Tupelo, Miss. "I've used every tactic that we have in our arsenal," she says. "You prepare. You practice. You know, you discipline yourself. You do all these things before you hit the battlefield." By her count, she's had seven arrests. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton prays before lunch as a sign memorializing babies aborted in the United States hangs on a chair in her kitchen in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. "Whatever I do, let it be for the end of abortion," 70-year-old Britton prays. "Let it be that one child be saved today. Let it be that Roe v. Wade be overturned." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton picks up fresh flowers to decorate the altar at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Britton left the state capital eight years ago and, with the move, her street activism waned. She'll drive to a protest a couple times a month, but mostly she sees her work continuing in her constant prayers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton talks with her dog, Sybil, while driving through Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Britton says she hasn't been driven by an attempt to atone for an abortion she had when she was 19. She considers herself forgiven. "I don't wrestle with that demon anymore," she says. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton points out to her dog, Sybil, a memorial for unborn children outside of St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Britton was 19 when she had an abortion in 1972. The secret ate at her for years. She found solace in drugs and denial. She contemplated suicide before coming to terms with what she'd done, had a spiritual awakening, and devoted herself to her anti-abortion activism. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton leaves St. James Catholic Church after helping to prepare for Mass, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. Britton was a college student, just 19, when she had an abortion in 1972. Roe hadn't even been handed down, though she won't say much about her own experience or if it was illegal. She is a lifelong Catholic and says she knew abortion was wrong but was overtaken by fear and selfishness. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton talks with fellow congregants following Mass at St. James Catholic Church, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. "This was my mission," Britton said Friday through tears after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade. "I'm one of millions of people in this country who have done a little bit. We've done our part. We've done what God called us to do." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton waters the flowers on the altar with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Britton spent decades hoisting signs outside of abortion clinics, cajoling lawmakers at the statehouse and spreading her anti-abortion gospel to anyone who'd listen. She sees the Supreme Court's action as the answer to decades of prayers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A message decorates a mural seen through the window of a children's room during Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Many people across the U.S. are reacting with horror to the Supreme Court's abortion decision, overturning Roe v. Wade. But on a day that belonged to the victors, millions of others who've been immersed in the anti-abortion movement for the past half-century, are rejoicing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton leaves St. James Catholic Church after helping to prepare for Mass, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. Britton became the president of Pro-Life Mississippi, traveling the state to push anti-abortion laws and trying to win converts to her side. And week after week, she returned to the streets outside clinics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tanya Britton prays with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Many people across the U.S. are reacting with horror to the Supreme Court's abortion decision, overturning Roe v. Wade. But on a day that belonged to the victors, millions of others like Britton, who've been immersed in the anti-abortion movement for the past half-century, are rejoicing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

‘We’ve done our part’: End of Roe brings answer to prayer