SACRAMENTO (AP) — Two women, members of a group called Breasts Not Bombs, were arrested Monday after they stripped off their tops at the state Capitol to protest measures backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday's special election ballot.

Other protesters were permitted to pare to their brassieres or to pasties without being arrested. Some men in the group also removed their shirts.

"Once they bared all, they were arrested," said California Highway Patrol Officer Tammy DuTemple.

The Mendocino-based group went to court last week to block the arrests, but U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell ruled Friday that "there is no First Amendment right to bare breasts on the grounds of the state Capitol."

Members previously had demonstrated topless without incident in the San Francisco Bay area and at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C.

Arrested and taken to Sacramento County Jail were Sheryl Glaser, 45, and Renee Love, 40, both of Albion. Each was charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and violating the conditions of the group's demonstration permit.

State Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, said the Legislature should clarify what constitutes indecent exposure.

"Exactly what is it that we are dealing with when we talk about the indecency of the breast?" she asked. "If a woman were holding a baby here today and breast-feeding, would she have been arrested?"