but senior republicans, including former vice president mike pence and mitch mcconnell welcome the ruling. millions of women across the united states have lost their constitutional right to abortion, after a ruling of historic significance by the country s supreme court. it has overturned a 50 year law that legalised abortion nationwide and it now means that individual us states are legally able to ban it. 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. president biden has said it was a sad day for the court and for the country. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports now on an issue and a decision which has polarised the united states. this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. life won today! life won today, they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 y
right to life movement may have chosen, they have been two despite attorneys, neither identifying as opposed to abortion, so if you let anyone sue you can t control the message, i think there has been more of a sense among conservative governors it is better to wait to see if there s a supreme court will reverse by the summer of 2022. how does this directly the future of roe v wade? the suweme future of roe v wade? the supreme court future of roe v wade? the supreme court has - future of roe v wade? tue supreme court has the future of roe v wade? tte supreme court has the case future of roe v wade? ttj: supreme court has the case in front of it now, out of mississippi banning abortion at 15 weeks gestation. the reason it is a big deal as the court could have taken less explosive cases but it took this one, and probably with the intent of upholding this law. the reason that a significant is roe v wade says there is a right to choose abortion until friedel liability which is around
supreme court to take this up. this will be a landmark case. i think the point that shannon is making is that john roberts isn t going to take up a massive landmark case when we are in the shadow of already an enormous presidential election. harris: i want to come back to you for a second, shannon. with this idea of what the court would take up. what we know about the judges? i know we are talking about john roberts are not the correspondent. [laughs] shannon: it always freaks me out when i have an email in my inbox from john roberts. the chief justice is emailing me? [laughter] harris: what do we know about the justices on the supreme court in terms of this issue? shannon: they are trying to be really careful. they are all asked how they feel. it s settled precedent, all of them will say that about review wade. but there are different issues now because you think about the fact that there are cases bubbling up to them that aren t the extreme of this alabama case. there are c
harris: fox news alert, alabama s governor officially signing a bill into law that bans nearly all abortions statewide. the move now setting up a potential challenge to roe v. wade in the u.s. supreme court. jonathan serrie following the story for us from atlanta. harris, in fact the aclu and planned parenthood said they are already planning a legal challenge to block alabama s law before it takes effect in six months from now. late yesterday, republican governor kay ivey signed the bill making it a class a felony for doctors to provide abortions, except cases were the woman s life is in danger. the new law makes no exceptions for rape or incest and is scheduled to take effect in six months. many americans, including myself, disagreed when review wade was handed down 1973. the sponsors of the bill believe it s time once again for the u.s. supreme court to revisit this important matter and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur. while the aclu