this is a culmination of an anonymously long and contentious debate gives it a sense about the importance of this decision as you look back over 50 years. it is profoundly important. justice mentioned in his opinion, that decision roe v wade is primarily response over the culture war that ensued. it did a normative damage to the cultural view get these scenes. was justice byron white said from the dissent from that decision it was a raw exercise of judicial power. that is quite the beginning of judicial activism. the most extreme expression of judicial activism. yet we find rights and the law that don t exist, are not really supportable by legislation. that to set up a long friending 50 year battle in the united states. what happened to happen there s no that is going to change. what has changed here i think is that with this opinion the majority have established legitimacy of supreme court and the fact it does have to adhere to the text of the constitution. cannot make up
rights become a central issue in the upcoming november midterms. the big picture tonight the states where abortion will be banned. we re in wisconsin, where one clinic turned away 70 women with abortion appointments. driving more than 20 hours for an abortion we re in a so-called surge state, where they expect a nearly 400% increase in patients. why the head of planned parenthood calls it a healthcare crisis. and finally, what all parties agree on that the fight is not over. the part of justice thomas concurring opinion that has critics worried that access to contraception and same-sex marriage is next. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from the supreme court. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday night, on a day that changed america. we re outside the supreme court after the landmark decision that overturned roe v. wade and ended a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. as you can see behind me,
politics nation. the focus on scotus. afua right now the conservative members of the supreme court are signaling that this court will not be moved by the times in which we live, but driven by history regardless of how distant. and yesterday, as expected, the court issued its five for conservative majority decision to overturn roe v. wade. in doing so, up ending 50 years of federal protections for abortion rights. in response, this weekend, our cities are erupting in protest. here in new york, los angeles, atlanta, and in washington, where abortion rights supporters and opponents have surrounded the supreme court for the second day. but also they re protesting in more than a dozen red states, cleared by the decision to enact trigger laws banning abortion. six of which have already done so in the days since the decision. three others set to join them in the next few weeks. well gun advocates in those states and elsewhere are hailing another of the courts decisions, this week, t
this law of the land. it says, no person in the united states shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in being denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. again, in honor of this anniversary, we unveiled a portrait which will hang in the halls. it s about our first. the first she s actually the first woman of color to serve in the congress. so she s honored for her first burt also for what she accomplished. we already have good friday morning. i m garrett haake in washington listening to house speaker nancy pelosi reacting to what is the most seismic supreme court ruling in a generation. continuing breaking news coverage. granting abortion rights nationwide. this is the most highly anticipated decision in this supreme court session. probably the most highly anticipated decision in at least a decade. this decision centered on the case dobbs versus jackson inv
there have been protests over the country, they were largely peaceful. as some states move to restrict abortion rights, some are moving to protect access and funding. some major companies are pledging to provide support. there are questions this morning about the future of other court-determined rights. the consenting opinion from clarence thomas calls for the court to reconsider precedence on contraception and same-sex marriage. we have cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. how are things at the court this morning? reporter: they re actually pretty quiet this morning, but we ve seen protests all weekend long. we re expecting more later this morning. the supreme court is set to issue opinions again at 10:00 a.m. we have already seen this court issue its most monumental decision on friday, overturning roe v. wade but there s still a lot to come. we have seven opinions left to come this term. it s a term we expect to wrap up this week. but the court will still be issuin