before headed to the steps of the supreme court. the supreme court s initial ruling could be released in weeks. a new reality awaits if the opinion doesn t change. there are 13 states with trigger states that would indicate near total ban on abortion. and 23 states have laws that would create major limits. shimon prokupecz is in washington and polo sandoval is new york for us right now. shimon, what are the activists telling you? what are you hearing so far? reporter: most of them out here just saying that they want to keep fighting despite this leaked draft opinion. they re not giving up hope. they think that things can change and they can perhaps prevent the supreme court from issuing a final ruling that would obviously overturn roe. that is certainly on the top of minds of many of the people here. concern being that this ruling, should it stand, should this draft become the actual decision of the court, it would affect underserved communities, poor communities mostly and
through the nation s capitol right now. we ll check back in with you when you get to the supreme court. keep us posted. let s go to new york, polo sandoval is there for us. polo, what are you seeing there? reporter: you know, jim, the nypd basically cleared the way for the activists to march from brooklyn new york over the bridge into lower manhattan. we actually marched with this group, we were the head of the group earlier today. and we ve been standing here and for the last hour we have seen the flow of demonstrators come off the brooklyn bridge and make their way into a park that s not far from where i m standing to the right at the federal courthouse where this large rally is basically getting under way here. the message similar actually, identical to what we heard from our colleague shimon in washington. i would add, i spoke to a male participant who said he s here not only for his sister and his
business solutions from the most innovative company. get a great deal on this limited time price with internet and voice for just $49.99 a month for 24 months with a 2-year price guarantee. call today. live in the cnn newsroom i m jim acosta in washington. a supreme court leak leads to a flood of protests. people filled the streets across america in response to the supreme court s leaked draft opinion indicating that roe v. wade could be struck down and with it the constitutional right to an abortion. just a short time ago the first wave of activists began marching across the brooklyn bridge in new york and in d.c. crowds rallied on the national mall
and, you know, now we see why we had that and all the trouble that it was before to get that. and people are realizing now what we had that we might not have that, and it s crazy. i m glad people are going out and taking you know, taking an active voice and i hope people start voting and they see where women need to be, not where we shouldn t be, you know. melissa mills, thank you so much for taking time with us, we appreciate it, talking about your mother, thank you so much. thank you. appreciate it. thank you. and as we go to break, some live pictures to show you of the protests happening all across the country. there you are looking at washington d.c. we were talking to shimon prokupecz about this a few moments ago. abortion rights activists making their voices heard in the wake of that supreme court leaked draft opinion. we ll check in on that, show you
before headed to the steps of the supreme court. the supreme court s initial ruling could be released in weeks. a new reality awaits if the opinion doesn t change. there are 13 states with trigger states that would indicate near total ban on abortion. and 23 states have laws that would create major limits. shimon prokupecz is in washington and polo sandoval is new york for us right now. shimon, what are the activists telling you? what are you hearing so far? reporter: most of them out here just saying that they want to keep fighting despite this leaked draft opinion. they re not giving up hope. they think that things can change and they can perhaps prevent the supreme court from issuing a final ruling that would obviously overturn roe. that is certainly on the top of minds of many of the people here.