After an anti-abortion group began protesting outside Liberty High School in Frisco ISD this week using signs with images of fetuses, about 100 students fought back with a counterprotest to protect nearby elementary students.

The Abolitionist Society of Little Elm protested at the high school on Monday. By Wednesday, students decided to create a mock protest so children at nearby Isbell Elementary didn’t have to see the “gruesome images,” said senior Bailey Smith.

Alright liberty high school students, we came together for the prayer room, we can come together to "protest." 8am tomorrow, band lot. pic.twitter.com/8qA8AxHBf4 — Bailey Smith (@BaiBriSmi0917) May 18, 2017

Todd Bullis, an organizer for the anti-abortion group, said the signs "show the truth and this is what our society says is OK, so society should be able to look at it." Bullis said the group began protesting at abortion clinics but moved to high schools after seeing teenagers at the clinics.

Smith and another senior, Clay Bryan, decided it wasn't appropriate for the group to show the signs where young children could see them. They reached out to fellow students on Twitter to come to campus with mock protest posters with funny sayings and pop culture references, like "Stop premature Christmas decorating." They also asked them to chant several messages, including "the Krusty Krab is unfair," from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants.

While many students have displayed satirical signs, others have advocated for abortion rights. The counterprotesters outnumbered the Little Elm group about 10-to-1.

Bullis said both sides have engaged in discussion about abortion, which has encouraged his group to return. Smith said students will continue their counterprotest.

If you're gonna do something dumb like protest abortion at a high school we're gonna do something dumb too pic.twitter.com/D4phRt2OT0 — DHM (@HunterMoncada) May 18, 2017

“I feel as though they shouldn’t use the signs that they have and make it more appropriate for the younger kids,” Smith said. “Or they should move the protest somewhere down the street where students don’t have to engage themselves.”

The anti-abortion group posted a YouTube video on May 8 that appears to be outside of Independence High School in Frisco, where a parent asked the group to leave. He said his elementary-age children came home asking about the pictures on the signs.

"I want people to know that we aren't doing it for attention, but we aren't afraid to be vocal and make a scene," Bryan said. "We believe strongly that people have the right to say what they want, but just be courteous to others and be a decent person."