Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and 15 other Democrats arrested near the Supreme Court during abortion-rights protest

• Several House Democrats were arrested during an abortion-rights protest near the Supreme Court.
• Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush and others participated in the demonstration.

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers were arrested near the Supreme Court on Tuesday as they protested the conservative majority's decision last month to overturn federal abortion rights.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Cori Bush of Missouri were among the group of Democratic lawmakers who gathered at the steps of the Capitol and marched toward the Supreme Court as part of a civil disobedience rally.

The lawmakers, alongside activists, held signs in support of abortion rights and chanted "we won't go back" and "our body, our choice" during parts of the protest.

The members of Congress anticipated the possibility of getting arrested for blocking traffic at an intersection near the court.

"These types of protest have led to arrests of lawmakers in the past," Omar's office said in a press release ahead of the demonstration.

Capitol Police officers escorted lawmakers away from the intersection to process their arrests, according to multiple reporters at the scene. The officers arrested a total of 35 people, including 17 members of Congress, Capitol Police tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.

"Today my colleagues and I put our bodies on the line—because we will leave no stone unturned in our fight for justice," Bush tweeted on Tuesday. "Bans off our bodies."

Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York said in a statement after her arrest that "the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights."

"There is no democracy if women do not have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive care," Maloney said.

Tuesday's rally comes in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on June 24 to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion.

The Democratic-led House on Friday passed legislation that would enshrine abortion rights in federal law and protect access to abortion for those seeking to travel across state lines to receive the procedure. The measures now head to the Senate, where they're expected to fail given GOP opposition to abortion rights.