luckily it didn t get worse than that. police say this followed verbal confrontations against protesters and a driver. in phoenix, a crowd of abortion rights protesters surrounded the state law building, tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. as of today, 13 states have trigger laws banning abortions in light of the ruling. some gomboldened house republicans want to push a ban on abortion at 15 weeks nationwide. leaders around the world are blasting the supreme court s decision, calling it a huge blow to women s rights and gender equality. cnn has a team covering today s protests. polo sandoval is in fnew york. but we begin with joe johns, outside the supreme court. joe? reporter: jim, we have certainly seen this crowd growing over the last several hours. it has been peaceful but it has been confrontational. when i worked up i saw people on either side of this issue essentially yelling and cursing at each other but it has not gone physical. there s a lot of anger here.
least six states already. omhouse republicans are pushing on legislation to ban abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. the united states is joining the ranks of nicar nicaragua, polan el salvador to roll back abortion rights. reporter: large crowd here at the united states supreme court, let s look around, i ll show you the vast majority, the people here at this time are abortion rights supporters. you can that by the proponents. we had verbal confrontations, cursing, what have you, but it has remained peaceful. still the folks here projecting a sense of anger, projecting almost shock if you will, and that s one of the things i m asking people about in the crowd here, given the fact there was so much advance warning that the court was headed in this direction, abortion rights opponents have been protesting, if you will, roe v. wade for 50 years and then just a few weeks ago, we got that advance opinion that leaked opinion of justice alito really signaling the court was headed
making their voices heard across the country today after the u.s. supreme court ruled there is no longer a constitutional right to an abortion and cedar rapids, iowa, video shows a truck appearing to push through a group of on protesters, injurin one person. oh [bleep]. [bleep]. as you can see, tempers are flaring this followed verbal confrontations between the protesters and the driver. in phoenix, a group of protesters surrounded the state senate building banging on the glass. law enforcement used tear gas to disperse those protesters. states are free to decide abortion rights or lack thereof. 13 states have trigger laws banning abortions and an abortion ban is in effect in at