“Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, on Thursday, June 30, was among more than 100 protesters arrested during a protest in support of abortion rights in Washington D.C., according to her office.
Chu — who introduced the Women’s Health Protection Act, which if passed would codify abortion rights into federal law – and the crowd were voicing disapproval of the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court.
I’m not backing down, not now, not ever,” she said in a tweet showing her being arrested.In a statement, she said:
“When I first heard Roe was overturned, I immediately thought of who would be most harmed by this decision: a young girl who is a survivor of rape, a woman who cannot afford to travel to another state to access critical care, an expecting mother with an ectopic pregnancy whose life is in danger because she cannot have an abortion,” she said in a statement. “So, when I think of all these women — and more — the decision to join in a peaceful demonstration to make clear we will not allow the clock to be rolled back on abortion rights was easy. We are in this together and we will not back down or be silenced
Thank you Representative Chu, and all of those with you…
You can count on me to never give up in this fight. I'm going to be marching and fighting with you ever step of the way. #BansOffOurBodies pic.twitter.com/3HN5vBdxXy
— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) June 30, 2022
…for fighting the good fight!
“I am ramping up my calls to abolish the Senate filibuster — and actively exploring every option to ensure we pass my bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act, which establishes a federal right to abortion care, and have it signed into law,” Chu said. “Lives are at stake and this fight is far from over.”
Here is my raw footage vid of what United States Capitol Police now say is their arrest of 181 protesters for "Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding" while supporting abortion rights, including @RepJudyChu and @RevDrBarber.
All video available to license.https://t.co/y2w2n0pffh
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) June 30, 2022
No Reps from Jan 6th “protest” arrested. #murica @TeaPainUSA
— Macie (@iamalittlehappy) June 30, 2022
Off all the Members of Congress that should have been arrested by now, Judy Chu wasn't the one.
— SpaceTales (@SpaceTales) June 30, 2022
Amen to that.
Yet orangebob shitpants goes free.
Gee, where were all of these upstanding L.E.O.’s on January 6th? Oh yeah, I forgot, they were attacking the capitol building. This certainly explains why they are attacking protesters exercising their constitutional right, for the moment at least, to express their disapproval with what the six political hacks on the s.c. pulled out of their asses.