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July 1, 2022

Over 180 Arrested Protesting for Abortion Rights Outside Supreme Court 
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Outside the Supreme Court, police arrested more than 180 reproductive
rights protesters Thursday as they peacefully blocked an intersection in
a massive show of nonviolent civil disobedience. The protest took place
just six days after the court's conservative majority voted 6 to 3 to
strike down Roe v. Wade. Among those arrested were Rev. William Barber,
co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis Mc
Gill Johnson and Democratic U.S. Congressmember Judy Chu of California.
Melanie D'Arrigo, a progressive Democrat running for Congress in Long
Island, New York, said after her arrest, "I was let go after a couple of
hours-but for millions of people in states where abortion, a critical
health procedure, is now criminalized, their arrests will be far longer
and far more severe."


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