Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) were among the dozens of abortion rights protesters arrested.
of the ruling. At least eight states banned the procedure the day the ruling was released.
Now, common complications, including incomplete miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies have now been scrutinized, delayed and even denied, according to the accounts of doctors in multiple states where new laws have gone into effect. The abortion rights protesters on Tuesday marched from the U.S. Capitol to the street in front of the Supreme Court, holding a large orange banner that reads, “Our Bodies. Our Courts. Our Democracy,” according to a live stream of the protest from the Center for Popular Democracy Action, a collective of liberal groups.
Once there, they remained in the street, despite warnings from authorities to disperse or risk arrest. Some sat in the street as the group chanted: “We won’t go back!”
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