pro choice campaigners aghast that more than half the states in america could ban or severely restrict abortion in the next few months, according to a leaked document from the supreme court. what did you think when you heard the decision what did you think when you read the decision last night? i thought, this is devastating. the courts are undermining the american people. and we have a long road ahead, but we are not letting this fight slip through our fingers. we are going to keep going. ninejustices sit on the supreme court, five of them, according to the leaked report, will vote to overturn abortion rights, with justice samuel alito writing that the decades old decision to guarantee abortion was egregiously wrong. the impact will be sudden. there are 13 us states that have so called trigger laws in place which would lead to an immediate ban on abortion. another 13 would move quickly to ban or severely limit access, says the guttmacher institute, a pro choice group. it estimates 36
legitimacy of the institution in the public s i. and i think starting with that texas anti abortion at and now this draft opinion that would overturn almost 50 years of women s right to an abortion, the court is then, perhaps, some serious trouble. in which case, some serious trouble. in which case. let some serious trouble. in which case. let me some serious trouble. in which case, let me put some serious trouble. in which case, let me put it some serious trouble. in which case, let me put it this - some serious trouble. in which case, let me put it this way, i case, let me put it this way, one can imagine that the public opinion of the supreme court fell, not least because there is a majority of people who think it is the right law and should remain that way, so they will be disappointed, where does that leave the court? it is, at the same time as may be more politicised than for some years, it is still trying to do a particularjob, which is assessed contentious laws and legi
and i expect that it s going to continue to have a conservative bent when it takes up some of these very contentious issues, not just these very contentious issues, notjust abortion, but these very contentious issues, not just abortion, but we expect the ruling soon from this court on the second amendment and gun rights and next term they already have a very big case involving the use of race in the admissions policies ofjewmacro of our major universities in the country. so i think everyone who follows the court is realistic that this is a conservative court, this is the court that voters, in a sense, have given us when they are elected president trump and a republican majority in the senate, they both together were able to nominate and confirm justices who i wouldn t say are partisan, but certainly have
and around the globe. president biden has vowed to protect abortion rights in the united states after a leaked document suggested the supreme court is poised to overturn the ruling which legalised abortion nationwide. the draft opinion, written byjustice samuel alito, says the 1973 decision, roe v wade, was wrong from the start. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, reports from washington. abortion is violence! 0utnumbered but vocal, outside the supreme court, anti abortion activists scent victory, after nearly 50 years of fighting the constitutional guarantee of abortion rights, that s known as roe v wade. with overturning roe, it s going back to the states and the states are going to come up with these great programmes, a network of support to give women the choice, because right now a lot of women feels like abortion is their only choice. we want them to have real choice. you can stay in school and have a baby. you can have a job and have a baby.
abortion access. this is what the republicans have been working towards, this day for decades. they have been out there plotting, carefully cultivating these supreme courtjustices so they could have a majority on the bench who would accomplish something that the majority of americans do not want. all: abortion is violence! donald trump deliberately appointed three of the conservative supreme courtjustices, hoping to overturn the ban on abortion, a move welcomed by republicans around the country. i think i ve been clear, i m pro life and i ve made that very clear from the moment i announced my candidacy and i believe that what we found during the campaign and even through today is that there is a lot of common ground on this topic. we want fewer abortions in virginia, not more. president biden says he believes a woman s right to choose is fundamental.