‘We won’t go back!’ - Michigan Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin arrested in protest outside US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WILX) - Two Michigan lawmakers were among 35 people arrested while protesting outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Andy Levin, D-Mich., were pulled away from a crowd of protesters after a protest outside of the Supreme Court. The protest followed the Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, and removed the guaranteed right of Americans to have an abortion.

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On June 24, the Supreme Court issued a ruling overturned the constitutional right to abortion set in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The protest outside of the Supreme Court was opposing that ruling.

“I’m willing to do whatever it takes to protect abortion rights—even if it means getting arrested,” Levin wrote on social media. “I joined my Democratic Women’s Caucus colleagues in a civil disobedience action outside the Supreme Court. We won’t go back!”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was also one of the people arrested, her staff told Minneapolis station WCCO.

Police said on Twitter that demonstrators were blocking the street and were given three warnings before officers made arrests.

“We made a total of 34 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding,” they wrote. “That arrest number includes 16 Members of Congress.”

The tweet was later updated to say 35 arrests were made including 17 members of Congress arrested. Event organizers told News 10 they are aware of 16 congressmembers arrested.

Members of Congress arrested included:

• Rep. Barabara Lee (CA-13)
• Democratic Women’s Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
• Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-53)
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
• Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05)
• Rep. Andy Levin (MI-11)
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)
• Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5)
• Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01)
• Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12)
• Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)
• Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
• Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04)
• Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)

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