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.
In australia abortion is regulated at the state level, so not dissimilar to the us but the key point of difference is that abortion is not as highly politicised in australia as it is in the us. and also over the past decade or so, we have seen significant step towards the liberalisation of abortion laws in australia. so pretty much all of australia s jurisdictions have now decriminalised abortion. yet we have seen these protests, what is the reaction in australia to the us supreme court decision? does this reflect a fear about the fragility of women s rights? yes, i think the motivation for the protests is two fold. first of all, as you mention, there is a sense thatjust as we have progressed and liberalised abortion laws, so too we could just as quickly