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 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
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!
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. cheering continues. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. all chant: 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 still.
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. 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 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 on this momentum, we re going to keep going, we re going to keep fighting and we are going to build better world. you are a traitor! fury from those campaigning
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 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 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 on this momentum, we re going to keep going, we re going to keep fighting and we are going to build better world.