Sarah smith reports. cheering. this is a huge, historic moment for america. cheering continues. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. life won today! both: life won today! life won today , they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 years. i ve seen the devastation abortion has wrought on our country on a communal level and on a personal level, and this is so vindicating to know that we can now take tangible steps to lessen the violence of abortion in our country. ten years ago, did you ever imagine this would happen? i imagined it a lot, but i still. people told me it was impossible, that we would never see this kind of victory and now, i know that victory is not only possible, it s happened. so, we re going to work out of this momentum, we re going to keep going, we re going to keep fighting and we are going to build a better world. yells: you are a traitor!
And what is next in your campaign, do you think that is the end of the road or will there be challenges to this? i definitely don t think it is the end of the road because my personal campaign isn t so much a legal one as it is a cultural one, so personally i want to help inform what is mental health around reproductive issues and reproductive laws. a topic that still is not addressed well in the states. there is a a lack of support for women who have talked about their grief and have been shut out of the conversation. if abortion is going to be legal we need to talk about what is it actually looked like so women can be supported throughout and after the process. we are seeing protests across the united states this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us supreme court overturns the landmark roe versus wade ruling, ending the constitutional right to an abortion that dates back nearly 50 years. the historicjudgement will transform abortion rights in america with individual states now a
As of today, so as soon as the ruling felt they would automatically take place. i do expect other states to follow suit and completely ban abortion, and expect some states will go the opposite direction and quantify abortion in their state. 85% of american voters think abortion should be legal in some or all circumstances. what you say those people? i would say they have every right to their opinion, i support them speaking their opinion and i think we need to have an honest discussion about what is it we want abortion to actually do, and what we think abortion actually does do? is it actually seeking the problems women are seeking it out for all it s putting the burden back on women and blaming their bodies for societal ills? this is a somewhat personal experience for you, you have experience with abortion yourself? yes, i had an abortion in the year 2000. how is that shaped your campaign are what you think about it? an it has definitely shipped my opinions on what informed consent lo
This is bbc news the headlines: the us supreme court overturns the landmark roe v wade ruling ending the constitutional right to an abortion that dates back nearly 50 years. there s renewed pressure on british prime minister borisjohnson, after the conservatives suffered a double defeat in parliamentary by elections. a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. and making a comeback after the pandemic the legenday glastonbury festival kicks off for the first time in three years.
And ukraine orders its soldiers to withdraw from one of its last strongholds in the east. hello, and welcome to bbc news. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so, and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws, which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor