at london s hyde park delighted. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has promised the federal government will act to protect women s rights if us states seek to prevent them travelling to get an abortion. speaking at a virtual meeting with democratic state governors, mr biden said he believed some states would attempt to arrest women who crossed state lines for abortion access. he warned only democratic victories in the mid term elections would give congress the power to restore federal abortion rights. i think people are going to be shocked when the first state, the first state that tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. and i don t think people believe that s going to happen. but it s going to happen and it s going to it s going to telegraph to the whole country that this is, this is a gigantic deal that goes beyond i mean, it affects all your basic rights. if extremist governors try to bloc
The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a
you are, this is where we ll see the best of the sunshine, lightest of the winds as we go through the week and it s here where temperatures by the end of the week could be into the mid 20s. hello, this is bbc news. i m rebecca jones. the headlines. president biden promises the federal government will safeguard womens rights to travel within the us to get an abortion. the federal government will act to protect her bedrock rights. ukraine wants turkey to detain a russian flagged ship which it says is carrying stolen grain. french airport workers strike over pay and conditions, leaving holidaymakers stranded as flights are cancelled. and adele performing herfirst public concert in five years leaves her sell out crowd
i think people are going to be shocked when the first state, the first state that tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. and i don t think people believe that s going to happen. but it s going to happen and it s going to it s going to telegraph to the whole country that this is, this is a gigantic deal that goes beyond i mean, it affects all your basic rights. if extremist governors try to block a woman from traveling from her state that prohibits herfrom seeking medical help she needs to a state that provides that care, the federal government will act to protect her bedrock rights through the attorney general s office. there are fears that in states restricting abortion, police could try to access location histories on smartphones owned by women who travel to terminate a pregnancy. google says it intends to delete data when its systems identify an apparent trip to an abortion clinic. geoffrey fowler is a columnist