hello and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgment that legalised terminations nationwide. individual states can now decide whether to ban the practice. let s bring you some live pictures from washington, which shows you pictures of pro life demonstrators, appealing that decision, demonstrating against it, and that has been protests across the united states. these are live pictures from washington. these are live pictures from washington. i spoke to leah litman, assistant professor of law at the university of michigan, about the immediate consequences of this ruling. today, the only remaining clinic in the state of west virginia closed and had to cancel appointments for patients. they were on the phone with women as they were sobbing, when they found out they would no longer have access to abortion in the state. we are talking about the constitution here, o
A Salvadoran woman has been freed from prison after serving eight years over the death of her newborn in hospital, under harsh laws that a women's group said Wednesday had led to the "criminalization of childbirth."The harshness of the country's abortion law has come under the spotlight in recent years with cases presented in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
After pill, as really just forms of abortion. so they are arguing that the supreme court s decision overruling roe and saying that states can prohibit abortion allows states to restrict certain forms of contraception, that states argue function as abortifacients. where do you go now? can you appeal this, can you challenge this? there s obviously, like yourself, there are obviously many, many people who are against this? the us supreme court is the final arbiter about what the united states constitution means. at least in the sense of there is no other court or body you can appeal to to overall this decision. now that being said, nothing in this decision stops congress, the federal legislature, from choosing to protect abortion rights, and nothing is stopping state legislatures from choosing to protect abortion rights. it is just that the constitution no longer requires them to do so. what would you be calling for
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgment that legalised terminations nationwide. individual states can now decide whether to ban the practice. let s bring you some live pictures from washington, which shows you pictures of pro life demonstrators, appealing that decision, demonstrating against it, and that has been protests across the united states. these are live pictures from washington. these are live pictures from washington. i spoke to leah litman, assistant professor of law at the university of michigan, about the immediate consequences of this ruling. today, the only remaining clinic in the state of west virginia closed and had to cancel appointments for patients.
After 15 weeks of presidency and pregnancy and mike pence has called for the pro life movement to try to ban abortion in every state. the supreme court by overruling row was returning it to congress, also holding up the possibility of a nationwide abortion ban. with me is our news reporter shelley phelps. which states will enforce these changes, first? changes, first? this ruling is of momentous changes, first? this ruling is of momentous significance. | changes, first? this ruling is - of momentous significance. this will hugely change life for millions of american women, and we have only seen how some abortion clinics in parts of america are already closing. if we look at the map now, we can see the 13 states that already have so called trigger laws in place, which will now lead to an immediate emotion band. abortion ban. they are in the conservative and religious south of the country, places