the president s response to the supreme court ruling on roe v wade, arguing he s not doing enough to protect abortion rights. and millions of americans have found traveling for the fourth to be less than a happy experience. thousands of flights delayed across the u.s. since saturday and nearly 1100 more today. of course, today is the last day of the holiday travel rush. millions of americans either heading home or getting ready to. it has been a rough ride for many. more than 11,000 flights in and out of the u.s. have been n 1,00 have en cancelled. reporter: here things are pretty smooth sailing today. as you can see behind me, i m at departures right now here at newark. this is a completely different story when you compare it to friday and through the weekend. right now this morning fewer than ten delays, just a couple of cancellations. across the country this morning, fewer than 1,000 delays. again, very different from the weekend with thousands of delays and hundreds o
egregiously wrong and deeply damaging. the three liberal justices dissenting, warning the ruling will lead to the curtailment of women s rights and of their status as free and equal citizens. on capitol hill, the reaction was swift. disgraceful. disgraceful judgment. it s absolutely a major issue on the ballot. largest governmental overreach in the history of our lifetime. kevin mccarthy told cnn he supports codifying a 15-week abortion ban at the national level. the supreme court upheld mississippi s 15-week ban in its ruling overturning roe. with the support of chief justice john roberts, who opposed overturning roe entirely. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. congressional democrats left with little recourse, given they lack 60 votes in the senate to overcome a gop filibuster. the senator from my state, the senator from west virginia, if you say you re for women, then do not use an old law that was not even, again,
millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
controlling. abortion rights advocates have been accused of exaggerating the harm of overturning roe v. wade. they ve even been accused of concocting victims whose stories will pull on the heart strings of america, including being accused of concocting the story of a 10-year-old girl who was raped and forced to take an abortion outside of her own state because, man, a story like that would really prove the problem of having no exceptions with abortion bans or the bans themselves. the truth is this case gained national attention since president biden referred to the little girl while discussing abortion rights actions, telling the story of how she had to cross state lines from ohio to indiana to have her abortion after becoming impregnated by her rapist at just ten years old. because rape victims are ineligible for abortions in ohio after cardiac activity, which is around six weeks. this little girl and i will stress, this little girl had to travel because she was six week
overturned roe v. wade. ever since we ve seen trigger laws across the country going into effect. we ve seen celebration from those who wanted roe to be overturned. you ve all seen protests from those who didn t. it s been triggering. antiabortion activists have been accused of being cruel and controlling. abortion rights activists have been accused of exaggerating the harm of overturning roe v. wade. even been accused of concocting victims whose stories will pull on the heartstrings of america. including the accused of concocting the story of a ten year old girl who was raped and forced to take an abortion outside of her own state. because men, a story like that would really prove the problem of having no exceptions with abortion bans. or blame the bands themselves. but the truth is, this case gained national attention since president biden referred to the little girl while discussing abortion rights actions. telling the story of how she had to cross state lines from ohio to