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US Capitol police arrested D-Calif MP Judychu on Thursday during a protest against congestion, obstruction, or incapacity.
Protesters blocked the intersection of First Street and Constitution Avenue next to both the Capitol and the Supreme Court buildings on Wednesday afternoon. Police in the Capitol arrested 181 people after issuing multiple warnings to demonstrators, the agency said in a tweet Wednesday.
“Today’s march decision was easy. I’m a young rape survivor, a woman who can’t afford to travel to another state to get a life-saving emergency, and an ectopic pregnant mother at risk of life. I marched for. I came out to march for all of us, “Chu said in a tweet on Wednesday after her arrest.
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The demonstration at Capitol Hill took place after the Supreme Court ruled last week. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supports Mississippi law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks of gestation.
The California representative said when she first heard Roe v. Wade Overthrown, she said, “I immediately thought about who would be most affected by this decision. A girl who was a survivor of rape, a woman who could not afford to travel to another state for life-saving emergency access, an ectopic pregnancy. A mother hoping to get pregnant. Her life is at stake because she can’t have an ectopic pregnancy. “
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There are 13 states in countries that are ready to be enacted soon abortion It has been banned since the ruling, and an additional 13 people could soon follow. Some prohibitions include certain medical exemptions, such as ectopic pregnancy, and exemptions from rape and incest cases, but recent High Court rulings have different laws from state to state.
“So, considering all these women, and more, the decision to participate in a peaceful demonstration to make it clear that they would not allow the watch to be returned to the right to abortion was simple. He added that he “abolished the abortion of the Senate proceedings” and “strengthened” efforts to pass the bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act.
Adam Shaw and Jessica Chasmar of Fox News contributed to this report.