AOC, Maloney Arrested In Abortion Protest Outside Supreme Court

ASTORIA, QUEENS — New York City representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Carolyn Maloney were among more than a dozen members of Congress arrested Tuesday in an abortion rights protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

Photos and videos showed Ocasio-Cortez and Maloney being taken into custody by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the court steps in Washington.

The Capitol Police said in a tweet that 34 people were arrested for "crowding, obstructing or incommoding" — including 16 members of Congress. Demonstrators had been given three warnings to stop blocking a street, the police said.

Others arrested included Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Alma Adams of North Carolina.

The lawmakers had gathered outside the Court days after the House passed a suite of bills that would codify a right to abortion and preserve the right to travel across state lines to get abortions. The bills are nearly certain to fail in the Senate.

The legislative push comes weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively making abortion illegal in several states and removing a constitutional right that had been in place since 1973.

Both women represent swaths of Western Queens; Maloney's district also includes the Upper East Side and Midtown Manhattan, while Ocasio-Cortez represents a chunk of the East Bronx.