Police justified the action on Twitter by saying that the group – mostly women – had blocked the road from cars. 34 protesters, including 16 members of Congress – among them Rashida TlaibAnd the Ilhan Omarr and Alexandra Ocasio-CortezR – he was arrested.
According to local reports, the protesting politicians and their companions are from the Greens.We don’t back downThey wore bandanas with words!
Ocasio-Cortez confirmed the news of the arrest on Twitter.The right to abortion is a human right“hashtagged.
Tlaib and Omar described the protest as a form of civil disobedience. Corey Bush The actor said that they would not give up the fight.
On June 24, the US Supreme Court – which is also the US Constitutional Court – overturned the so-called Roe v. Wade decision, allowing member states to decide for themselves whether or not to ban abortion.
In the 1973 legal case, the council ruled that restrictions on abortion rights were unconstitutional. As a result of the change, member states are free to regulate abortion.
In the wake of the June decision, several states have already implemented regulations that make abortion impossible.
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