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Tear gas used to disperse protestors outside Arizona Capitol building, officials say - CNN

Tear gas used to disperse protestors outside Arizona Capitol building, officials say - CNN

Tear gas used to disperse protestors outside Arizona Capitol building, officials say - CNN
Jun 25, 2022 49 secs

Organizations like Planned Parenthood, Bans Off Our Bodies and Women's March are among the groups organizing the events.

Late Friday, law enforcement in Arizona used tear gas to disperse a crowd of abortion rights supporters protesting outside the State Capitol in Phoenix.

"Troopers deployed tear gas after a crowd of protesters repeatedly pounded on the glass doors of the State Senate Building," Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bart Graves told CNN.

The crowd then moved across the street to the Wesley Bolin Plaza, where police used the tear gas after a monument was vandalized, Graves said.

She added: "Protestors cleared from the Capitol."

The demonstrations come after several Arizona abortion providers said they preemptively paused abortion services due to lack of legal clarity on the matter, according to posts on their websites.

Arizona State Rep.

Abortion bans are illegitimate," the woman said.

While abortion will remain legal in California, the protesters said they were showing their concern and support for women in other states.

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