Seventeen Democratic members of Congress United States of America They were arrested this Tuesday during a demonstration for the right to abortion in front of the Supreme Court.where they protested the judiciary’s decision to suppress legal precedents that allow abortion in the country. The United States Capitol Police made a total of 35 arrests for “overcrowding, obstruction, or disturbance”, including 17 members of Congress. including Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezas police sources reported on Twitter.
“We have arrested a total of 35 people for overcrowding, congestion or disturbance (…) This number includes 17 members of Congress,” Capitol Police said. . The NBC network detailed that the other Democratic lawmakers arrested were Carolyn Maloney, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Veronica Escobar, Jackie Speier, Barbara Lee and Ayanna Pressley. Members of Congress justified their protest by reassuring that they were participating in an act of civil disobedience.
“There is no democracy if women don’t have control over their own bodies and make decisions about their own health, including reproductive care,” Maloney, the New York representative, said in a statement accessed by US network CBS. . . . “I am privileged to represent a state whose reproductive rights are respected and protected; at least i can risk my body For the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights,” the congressman claimed, the goal of the Republican Party and the “far-right” was to “impose a national ban on abortion.”
On June 24, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade dismissed his case. Since then, Democrats have announced their intention to enact the right as law. abortion, however, such a measure is not supported in the Senate with its current structure. However, the Biden Administration has recently approved some measures to terminate pregnancy and facilitate access to medication for women who request it to travel to states where this practice is made.