17 House Democrats were arrested at an abortion rights rally

Seventeen House Democrats were detained Tuesday at an abortion-rights rally protesting the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Leading the news: US Capitol Police say they have begun arresting demonstrators after they failed to comply with three warnings to stop blocking a street in Washington, D.C., near the Supreme Court.

• The MPs are expected to be released and fined.
• The USCP said they made “a total of 35 arrests for crowding, obstruction or failure to accommodate,” including the lawmakers.
• Axios counted 17 members of Congress in the cordoned off area where Capitol Police were holding detainees.
• Protesters sat down on First Street NE in front of the Capitol building and blocked the road.

The 17 deputies are:

• Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.),
• Rep. Carolyn Maloney (DN.Y.)
• Congressman Cory Bush (D-Mo.)
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Madeline Dean (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Nydia Velasquez (DN.Y.)
• Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
• Representative Sarah Jacobs (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.)
• Representative Alma Adams (DN.C.)
• Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (DN.J.)
• Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)
• Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota)
• Rep. Jan Schakovski (D-Ill.)

What they say: “There is no democracy if women do not have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive care,” Maloney said after he was arrested.

• “Our country has never made big changes, not expanded rights, based on some senators and representatives having a wonderful conversation in the Capitol. This happens because of social movements. It’s happening because people are marching, people are protesting, people are organizing, people are getting arrested,” Levin said.
• Asked if they were planning future action along these lines, Speier, who is leading the protest, said: “Stay tuned.”

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after being detained near the Supreme Court. Photo: Andrew Solender/Axios