their nuewspapers tomorrow reflect the shift. it reads roe overturned. the subway said what the u.s. supreme court abortion decision means for ohio. the miami herald in mal, the end of roe v. wade means anger, fear, and praise for a land mark ruling. already the ruling has had a huge impact. more than a quarter of states have so-called trigger laws that ban abortion. those in arkansas, kentucky missouri, oklahoma, alabama, sol south dakota banned abortion. idaho, tennessee, north dakota ban after 30 days. texas is expected to ban sometime after that. and then there are 12 other states, we ll show you those shade in the purple on a, on a map that says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on some combination. laws previously on becomes or political trends in the states. that s just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow? and months and years from this moment. that we don t know. many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the d
states we are going to show you them shaded in purple on a map that the pro-choice gutmacher institute says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on currently in books or transient states but that is just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow and months and years from this moment? that, we don t know. in fact, many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the decision could provide legal justification to overturn other rights, secured by supreme court precedent. including those covering contraception and same-sex marriage. and they have reason to be concerned after justice clarence thomas suggesting doing just that today as well. this is what justice thomas wrote in a concurring opinion, quote, for that reason? future case, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedence, including griswold lawrence, and obergefell. he continues because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a
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Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we