Busy Philipps, star of Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, Cougar Town, and Girls5eva engaged in an act of civil disobedience on Thursday, putting herself on the line during a rally outside the United States Supreme Court. Wearing a shirt that read “I Will Aid and Abet Abortion,” she was eventually yanked away by Capitol Police for blocking traffic.

Philipps's Instagram shows a short video in which an officer tags her with a wristband before she is escorted from the street where she is seated. Another image shows her with a raised fist near a sign that reads “There’s No Hate Like Christian Love.”

She included a caption in which she commented that “the right to make decisions about our own bodies and lives—a right we’ve had for almost 50 years—was ripped away from us by this new Supreme Court, a Court whose personal belief’s are NOT shared by the vast majority of Americans. I am one of those Americans.” 

She then shouted-out the groups she allied with (Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Working Family’s Party, Reverend Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign, Catholics for Choice, the National Council of Jewish Women, Mi Familia Vota, the Center For Popular Democracy Action and NARAL) and said “I can think of no better way to use my privilege and voice than to amplify the message that bodily autonomy IS a human right, as it is ACTUALLY the exact same thing as the promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We must ensure that it applies to all of us. This is the fight of a lifetime, y’all. It’s not gonna be short, easy or without setbacks. But we must MUST MUST keep showing up and taking action. *YOU* must. I promise I will.”

She concluded by saying “I DON’T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS BUT WE NEED TO SHOW THE FUCK UP NOW.”

The fight for bodily autonomy is not new for Philipps. She has spoken often about the abortion she had at the age of 15, noting that “It’s not brave for me to [discuss it], because it’s a medical thing—a thing, a choice that I made, and I don’t regret it at all.”

In 2019, after Alabama passed heavily restrictive abortion measures in that state, she popularized the #YouKnowMe hashtag, encouraging women to discuss—and therefore demystify—their abortions. 

Soon thereafter she spoke before the House Judiciary subcommittee. When Republican Texas congressman Louis Gohmert tried to trip her up with tricky questions about someone who survived a saline infusion abortion in 1977, she reminded the lawmaker that although she “played a doctor on television, sir, I am actually not a physician.” When he continued to press she sharply reminded him “I’m not speaking about birth, sir, I’m speaking about abortion.”

Philipps's shirt, which promises to “aid and abet abortion,” is becoming a more notable talking point. On Friday, Planned Parenthood in Montana, a state where abortion remains legal, announced that it will now limit medical measures to end pregnancy for people coming from out-of-state. They will continue to provide procedures for all, but will not give out abortion pills to non-Montanans. The worry is that if someone takes the medication back in their home state (like the particularly hardline Texas) they may be legally culpable. Abortion pills are currently the most common way to terminate a pregnancy.