A policeman on a street in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 19Capitol police detained more than three dozen people during a women's abortion rights rally outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, including 16 members of Congress, law enforcement said Tuesday. 16 members of Congress arrested,» the Capitol police tweeted. According to the current rules, the police specified, the demonstrators were given three warnings with a request to clear the roadway, only after which the arrests began. Adams office, she was just arrested outside the Supreme Court for participating in a protest for abortion rights and reproductive health rights.» Representatives of Congresswoman from New York Carolyn Maloney also report on the detention, on the footage of the detention you can see how the police take Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez away from the protest site, the media report on the detention of Ilhan Omar and a number of other representatives of the Democratic Party. if they are released, they will probably have to pay fines for the offense, the main of which is obstructing the movement of vehicles. In June, the Conservative-controlled Supreme Court, in revising the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, struck down constitutional guarantees for the right to terminate a pregnancy and allowed US states to regulate the practice themselves. As a result, a number of states have completely banned abortion. The Biden administration has sharply criticized the decision of the Supreme Court, promising to continue to fight for women's rights to make decisions about their health. The debate on this issue will be continued by the protesters, including at the level of members of Congress.
