and mitch mcconnell, welcome the ruling saying it s a victory for the unborn. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 sarah smith reports. cheering this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. chanting: life won today! life won today , they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 years. the devastation a
mike pence and mitch mcconnell, welcome the ruling saying it s a victory for the unborn. 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. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there is jubilation from anti abortionists. jubilation from anti-abortionists. ., anti-abortionists. either one toda ! anti-abortionists. either one today! life anti-abortionists
You are a traitor! fury from those campaigning to keep the guaranteed right to abortion, promising to fight back. it s not the will of the people, and this country are supposed to run off off the will of the people. i m 21 and i m terrified! we have a lot of work to do to make that happen, but we will never give up. it s 50 years since there was last a significant decision on abortion rights in america, it might be another 50. and it might be 50 more, sure. but we re not going to stop, it doesn t matter. it doesn t matter what they say, abortions will continue, but they will not be legal, and women will die from botched abortions. it s obvious this ruling is not going to end the arguments over abortion in america. in fact, it will inflame them. in this deeply polarised society, abortion is already one of the most divisive issues. even the president is powerless to change the court s ruling. with this decision, the conservative majority of the supreme court shows how extreme it is, how
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 able to ban or restrict the procedure. in utah, trigger ban laws are ready to be implemented resulting from the supreme court ruling. karrie galloway, the ceo and president of planned parenthood organisationjoined us from utah. we asked how does she, herstaff, and her patients, feel today. well, obviously, devastated. beleaguered for the past six weeks since the trial. the opinion was leaked. it s been a tough day but we ve made it through the day. this process in the state is that the ruling from the upper court must be certified.
Times, over the years. them have tried to do, many times, overthe years. so them have tried to do, many times, over the years. so they are moving forward without, other states are going to hunker down and continue to try to expand the right to abortion, to unbelievable extremes. abortion up to birth, abortion on demand, without apology. some states were working this year in their legislatures to allow abortion after birth. that is infanticide. yet the pro life, the pro life movement are the extremists, somehow. iwasjust like to mention, if i could, by the way, president biden mentioned in his comments today that, i believe he put it that this decision makes us an outlier. with all due respect, president biden, that isjust incorrect. this decision returns us, the united states more closer to normal, i m thinking of nations in europe,