Pro-abortion activists tried to break into the Arizona Capitol late Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, forcing state senators to move to a secure location amid fears of an “insurrection.”

State Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, told Fox & Friends First that she grabbed a pair of scissors to defend herself as the angry crowd banged on the windows and doors of the building.

“They were screaming there, they weren’t stopping, they had to be stopped,” Ugenti-Rita said. “And the sad part is when you exercise your displeasure, your despair, your dissatisfaction in that way, your message is lost, and we keep seeing more and more events where people think they can vandalize property, they can intimidate and scare you and hurt you.”

The state Senate was in session when the pro-abortion protest broke out in Phoenix in response to the Supreme Court ruling. According to Townhall, state Senate leaders called a recess and put lawmakers on lockdown; and police used teargas to quell the angry protesters…(Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)

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