to the supreme court those believed to be conservatives, it s the trump justices though rather than the reagan ones who turn out to be more ideological inconsistent, decisively tilting the court in their decision. the arguments on abortion could be one of america s most important days in court for many along the years. janet, remind us first of all what the status quo is in terms of abortion and what significance we should attach to some of the things that are being set on wednesday? well, it is ruite being set on wednesday? well, it is quite astonishing being set on wednesday? well, it is quite astonishing that - it is quite astonishing that all these years after roe v wade all these years after roe v wade and all of these is after what wade and all of these is after what seemed to be a general acceptance of the idea of a right acceptance of the idea of a right not acceptance of the idea of a right not necessarily a right to abortion but a right not to have to abortion but a
bbc specialists and the correspondence to write blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, omicron, a chilling gift for the season of giving. why when it comes to abortion it remains the age of trump and james bond s boss on the danger of china for smaller countries. joining us on the programme, janet bailey who moved to the united states and is now a columnist with the daily telegraph. and our asia pacific editor. welcome to all of you, good to have you with us as well for the programme. when we discussed in last weekend it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified by doctors in south africa, cyril ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province new cases had risen from 500 and day to 1600. stephanie, the message from the white house at least earlier in the week from joe
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20 years years. and not very long ago, 20 years ago, so they were actually 20 years ago, so they were actually prohibiting a teenage, young actually prohibiting a teenage, young teenage girl who had become pregnant from travelling to the become pregnant from travelling to the uk to have an abortion. i to the uk to have an abortion. i mean. to the uk to have an abortion. i mean. it s to the uk to have an abortion. i mean, it s gone very quickly that i mean, it s gone very quickly that kind i mean, it s gone very quickly that kind of social revolution. but in that kind of social revolution. but in america, this is much, it goes but in america, this is much, it goes back way before trumpet, it goes back even before trumpet, it goes back even before reagan. it s a cultural total before reagan. it s a cultural total now, this totemic issue of abortion. it isn t even limited of abortion. it isn t even limited to certain religions or certain limited to certain religions o