Democrat Rep. Judy Chu was arrested Thursday with hundreds of others who blocked an entrance to the Supreme Court building in support of abortion rights.
This from justthenews.com.
They blocked the intersection of First Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., on the last day of the court’s term and about a week after it struck down its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that provided a constitutional right to abortion.
Capitol Police said they arrested roughly 200 people after giving them multiple warnings throughout the day that what they were doing was illegal.
The Capitol police tweeted:
We arrested 181 people for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307) for blocking the intersection of Constitution Avenue, NE and First Street, NE.
Chu, of California, said:
When I first heard Roe was overturned, I immediately thought of who would be most harmed by this decision: a young girl who is a survivor of rape, a woman who cannot afford to travel to another state to access critical care, an expecting mother with an ectopic pregnancy whose life is in danger because she cannot have an abortion.
So, when I think of all these women—and more—the decision to join in a peaceful demonstration to make clear we will not allow the clock to be rolled back on abortion rights was easy.
