Rep. Judy Chu Arrested, Cited During Abortion Rights March In Washington, DC

CBS Los Angeles

July 1, 2022

Southern California lawmaker Judy Chu was among several dozen people arrested Thursday in Washington D.C. during a protest in support of abortion rights.

Representative Judy Chu, a Democrat from California, center right, is detained by US Capitol Police for blocking an intersection with abortion rights demonstrators during a protest near the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. President Biden today said he would support changing the Senate's filibuster rules to pass legislation ensuring privacy rights and access to abortion, calling the Supreme Court "destabilizing" for controversial decisions, including overturning Roe v. Wade. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The congresswoman was arrested by Capitol Police at about 1 p.m. Washington time while sitting with other demonstrators in an intersection between the Russell Senate Office Building and the Supreme Court building, according to her spokeswoman Lacy Nelson. Chu was issued a citation and released about two hours later.

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