abortion illegal. my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser. group like hers are savouring a big victory. could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start with the human and healthcare aspects of this recent supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supreme court came up with? i m glad you begin there, because it s a fully human issue. so far, we know there will be fewer abortions because many states have already passed either complete or partial limits on abortion. even just yesterday in the state of georgia, their heartbeat ban, which means there is a limit at the point at which there is a perceived. ..or there is a heartbeat of the baby. the courtjust lifted its injunction of that law and it went into effect. that means about 20,000 fewer abortions just in the state of georgia. you ve immediately made the pres
criticism for firing missiles at the ukrainian port of 0desa on saturday, jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. in overturning roe v wade, the us supreme court rejected the argument that the us constitution guaranteed a woman s right to an abortion. now it s down to lawmakers in individual states to decide. a host of state legislatures have already acted to make abortion illegal. my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser, president of the susan b anthony pro life america group, an activist organisation supporting anti abortion politicians. groups like hers are savouring a big victory, could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start with the human and healthcare aspects of this recent supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supr
in the us today. let me quote you one from texas, 0b gyn professor drjesse munoz in san antonio. doctors whose patients develop pregnancy complications now are struggling to determine whether a woman is, quote, sick enough to justify an abortion. the art of medicine is lost and has actually been replaced by fear. the art of medicine is enshrined in the hippocratic 0ath, which was changed just because pro abortion activists in the late 60s decided it should. the hippocratic 0ath is do no harm, provide no potion that would kill another human being. that is the origin, and that morality, that fundamental pillar of medicine is the same and hasn t changed, even if people s minds have changed about what is actually happening. when they see pregnant women in deep trouble, in fear for their lives, facing
pregnant women, maternal death rates, will rise as a result of what is happening in the us today. let me quote you one from texas, 0b gyn professor drjesse munoz in san antonio. doctors whose patients develop pregnancy complications now are struggling to determine whether a woman is, quote, sick enough to justify an abortion. the art of medicine is lost and has actually been replaced by fear. the art of medicine is enshrined in the hippocratic 0ath, which was changed just because pro abortion activists in the late 60s decided it should. the hippocratic 0ath is do no harm, provide no potion that would kill another human being. that is the origin, and that morality, that fundamental pillar of medicine is the same and hasn t changed, even if people s minds have changed about what is actually happening. when they see pregnant