Multiple people were arrested during an anti-abortion march in Boston on Saturday that was met with counterprotesters, police said. The National Men's March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood was set to travel down Commonwealth Avenue from outside a Planned Parenthood clinic near Boston University to the Common,

Boston police officers were seen taking people into custody when a pro-life protest march encountered a group of pro-choice counterprotesters.

The “ Clown March Boston ” went on in an effort to “upstage” the “ Men’s March ” which seeks to abolish abortions. Protesters were seen in the Boston Common where multiple arrests were made, according to WCVB. Barricades were set up around Parkman Bandstand on the Common by the time protesters had arrived.

Hundreds of anti-abortion marchers walked from Allston to Boston Common on Saturday. Counter-protesters turned out, with the two side shouting slogans at each other and stopping traffic. A strong cont