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Roe v. Wade Protest Shuts Down Major D.C. Bridge Near Capitol
Newsweek ^ | June 24, 2022 | Fatma Khaled

Posted on 06/25/2022 1:24:31 AM PDT by Morgana

The District Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., announced Friday that the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is closed due to "safety concerns" after a Roe v. Wade protest blocked the bridge, which is south of the U.S. Capitol.

The closure is expected to remain until further notice, according to the department. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Department initiated a full departmental activation through Tuesday in response to the protests at the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a statement by the D.C. police department.

The department added that the D.C. Homeland Security and the Emergency Management Agency are actively monitoring the situation and sharing information with federal partners.

The law enforcement response came shortly after the Supreme Court ruled Friday morning in Dobbs v. Jason Women's Health Organization to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision that allowed women to have abortions nationwide.

The landmark 1973 ruling protected women who are seeking an abortion "without undue restrictive interference from the government," guaranteed under the 14th Amendment. Planned Parenthood v. Casey from 1992, which mostly protected the same rights, was also repealed under the new court decision.

The SCOTUS decision came nearly a month after Politico obtained a leaked draft in early May stating a majority opinion of the court's justices who backed overturning Roe v. Wade.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: abortion; bidensbrownshirts; domesticterrorism; janesrevenge; newsweak; prolife; roevswade; whatdidwrayknow
Antifa out in full force.
1 posted on 06/25/2022 1:24:31 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Do the rest of us a favor and shut down all of DC, permanently.


2 posted on 06/25/2022 1:25:14 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: No_Mas_Obama

Methinks after this it might be


3 posted on 06/25/2022 1:26:18 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

The government shut down the bridge NOT protesters. Why didn’t government do its job and clear the bridge? Well, because government is partisan and wants to lash out.


4 posted on 06/25/2022 3:51:45 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Morgana

Shutting down DC... Seems like a great idea.


5 posted on 06/25/2022 3:55:54 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Morgana

Insurrection.


6 posted on 06/25/2022 4:32:25 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Morgana

“We must give those who wish to destroy, space to do that...”


7 posted on 06/25/2022 5:30:33 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Morgana
Burn down all the blue cities?
Sounds weird, but you know that's part of how the Democrats won in 2020.
8 posted on 06/25/2022 6:55:51 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Morgana
It's down in AOC's neighborhood. It's the bridge tinted brown today (because of the closure) many blocks south of the Supreme Court, near the Navy Yard, running southeast to Suitland Parkway and I-695.


9 posted on 06/25/2022 7:59:19 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: Albion Wilde; Morgana

I spent a couple of decades crossing the South Capitol/Douglas Bridge when I was at the Navy Yard and Ft. McNair. I went back for the first time since I retired a couple of months ago and the new bridge and its approaches completely changed I-295 intersection that leads to the bridge from the southeast and on the other side as well, next to the baseball stadium.


10 posted on 06/25/2022 8:23:53 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Morgana

actively monitoring = sitting around with their thumb up their ass


11 posted on 06/25/2022 12:54:39 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Morgana

Temper tantrum by the short bus kids who don’t know how this whole representative republic thing works.


12 posted on 06/25/2022 1:01:00 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: Morgana

Will Nancy Pelosi have 600 people arrested and held without bail?


13 posted on 06/26/2022 1:41:18 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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