17 House Democrats were detained by U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday while protesting near the Supreme Court building over its decision to strike down Roe v. Wade last month. 
According to Axios, the lawmakers arrested include 5 members of ‘The Squad’—Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Cori Bush (D-MO).
House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), among others, were also arrested. 18 other individuals were reportedly also detained at the abortion rights rally.
According to a tweet from U.S. Capitol Police, law enforcement at the scene supposedly gave demonstrators three warnings to stop blocking a Washington, D.C., street as part of the protest. After protesters didn’t comply, the authorities began arresting them.
‘There is no democracy if women do not have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive care,’ said Rep. Maloney in a statement shortly after being arrested.
'Today I got to scratch ‘Get Arrested with Barbara Lee’ off my bucket list,’ wrote Ocasio-Cortez in an Instagram story, along with the hashtag #BansOffOurBodies.
Since Roe was overturned on June 24, Democrats have explored multiple legislative efforts intended to protect a rollback of reproductive rights, such as the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, the Women’s Health Protection Act, & the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act.
However, the prospects of any of these bills passing a 50-50 Senate without the abolition of the filibuster seem highly unlikely.
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