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United States: lawmakers arrested for demonstrating for right to abortion

United States: lawmakers arrested for demonstrating for right to abortion

Seventeen US lawmakers, including rising left-wing star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were arrested in Washington on Tuesday following a demonstration to defend the right to abortion, police said. “We have arrested a total of 35 people” including “17 members of Congress” because after three summons, “some of the demonstrators (refused) to leave …

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