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Cheh: Glad to be 'out of the joint' following Wed. arrest
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Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
WASHINGTON - D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh says she's "happy to be out of the joint" after being arrested Wednesday during a protest over abortion funding.
The Ward 3 representative was one of 53 people taken into custody recently for protesting budget maneuvers on Capitol Hill they say infringe on the District's autonomy, according to Karen A. Szulgit with the Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition.
Cheh was participating in a rally in Upper Senate Park in Northwest Wednesday to protest the U.S. House passing a bill that cuts local funding for abortions. She and seven other women were arrested.
"We're being humiliated by this Congress by telling us that we can't even decide how to spend our own money," Cheh says.
Ilir Zherka, executive director of the advocacy group D.C. Vote, says activists will hold another rally next week with civil rights leaders. Another event is scheduled for June 25 at the White House.
"It was the first time for all of us, all eight women," says Nicole McLaughlin, another woman arrested Wednesday for unlawful assembly. "The cause is democracy for D.C."
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