tonight, protesters are out in the streets across the country, after the unprecedented supreme court decision, ending roe v. wade. 50 years after it became law. demonstrations have been growing ever since the ruling was announced this morning. five of the courts conservatives voted to overturn roe. samuel alito who is a draft opinion was leaked last month, wrote in his final decision that roe was egregiously wrong from the start. the ruling automatically clears the way for abortion bans in 13 states. at least six states have already put them into effect. and there are concerns about what this may mean for court decisions on contraception, and gay rights. justice clarence thomas says those should be up for review as well. we ve got a lot to cover tonight, but i want to begin with my friend and colleague, morrow barrick, our nbc news reporter. she s on the ground, at the supreme court, all day long. morrow, you have been among the protesters for hours. what are they telling you
closing up shop here for the night. but as for the first couple of hours, we saw that initial protest from those who are opposed to abortion rights, who were elated, and celebrating, and happy. and after a few hours, they left. the streets were filled with hundreds and thousands of people who were the ones that were hoping that maybe we would see a compromise. they were maybe hoping that it away, we re expecting to see this decision come down, it s not what they got today. we saw tears of joy and despair. we had very emotional heavy conversations. and we will hear some of those conversations, stephanie. a lot of things have been going through my mind, anger, deep sadness, and a desire to turn this around the. this is going through my mind. it s a rollercoaster emotion! it s completely utter joy that roe is overturned. women are going to die between now and when we get legislation passed, which is untenable. we heard a lot of concern around that last statement you hear
conversations, stephanie. a lot of things have been going through my mind, anger, deep sadness, and a desire to turn this around the. this is going through my mind. it s a rollercoaster emotion! it s completely utter joy that roe is overturned. i don t die between now and when we get legislation passed, which is untenable. we heard a lot of concern around that last statement you heard, about the access to a safe abortion, if women will get injured or die in these situations, because that s what they said they were fighting for. the right to a safe abortion. and the other conversation you heard, a 66-year-old woman, the first person you heard from there, she thought for abortion rights when she was in high school back in 1973. and now, she is frustrated that she has to do it again. overall, i spoke with a lot there s a lot of young people
closing up shop here for the night. but as for the first couple of hours, we saw that initial protest from those who are opposed to abortion rights, who were elated, and celebrating, and happy. and after a few hours, they left. the streets were filled with hundreds and thousands of people who were the ones that were hoping that maybe we would see a compromise. they were maybe hoping that it away, we re expecting to see this decision come down, it s not what they got today. we saw tears of joy and despair. we had very emotional heavy conversations. and we will hear some of those conversations, stephanie. a lot of things have been going through my mind, anger, deep sadness, and a desire to turn this around the. this is going through my mind. it s a rollercoaster emotion! it s completely utter joy that roe is overturned.