u.s. supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision. for anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, and for abortion rights supporters, it s a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden says decision to ultimately put women s health in jeopardy. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now, with roe gone, let s be very clear. the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who were the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate reacted to the supreme court decision. take a look. what this means to women is such an insult. it s a slap in the face to women about using their own judgment to make their own decisions about their reproductive freedom. americans celebrate this historic victory
the scene there to disperse demonstrators. in eugene, oregon, a crowd got rowdy. they used pepper spray to break up the crowd and arrested ten people. as of now 13 states have trigger laws banning abortions in light of this ruling and an abortion ban is already in effect in at least six states. let s go to some of the protests. polo sandoval in new york. and let s go to joe johns first outside the supreme court. i know it s been very busy outside the supreme court, joe. what are you seeing right now? reporter: it is, jim. this crowd has just built and built and built throughout the afternoon. let s take a look at the large number of people here in front of the united states supreme court. the speakers expressing everything from anger and shock and fear about the future, of course, the vast majority of the people here are supporters of abortion rights. there were a few people who were opponents of abortion rights, but they got into what you call verbal altercations with some
politics nation. the focus on scotus. afua right now the conservative members of the supreme court are signaling that this court will not be moved by the times in which we live, but driven by history regardless of how distant. and yesterday, as expected, the court issued its five for conservative majority decision to overturn roe v. wade. in doing so, up ending 50 years of federal protections for abortion rights. in response, this weekend, our cities are erupting in protest. here in new york, los angeles, atlanta, and in washington, where abortion rights supporters and opponents have surrounded the supreme court for the second day. but also they re protesting in more than a dozen red states, cleared by the decision to enact trigger laws banning abortion. six of which have already done so in the days since the decision. three others set to join them in the next few weeks. well gun advocates in those states and elsewhere are hailing another of the courts decisions, this week, t
in a country that has no universal health care, no universal child care and no guaranteed paid or family medical leave. this relates to a whole host of supreme court decisions coming through and still to come. this is an america that has seen more mass shootings than the number of days so far this year. according to data from the gun violence archive, year-over-year mass shootings in the u.s. all on the rise. yet the court ruled cities and states across the country can no longer enact their own gun regulations, within the limitations defined by thursday s decision. by the end of the week the high court could strip the environmental protection agency, founded under republican president nixon, from enacting regulations that protect against pollution and climate change. this is a changing america. this weekend, many americans took to the streets in protest. some in favor, others opposed to the court s ruling. while most protests were peaceful, there were some arrests followi
one of the most consequential decisions in supreme court history was just handed down. the conservative majority of justices overturned roe vs. wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. in a narrow 5-4 vote, the landmark decision reverses nearly 50 years of court precedent. this is sparking a range of emotions from victory celebrations to outrage. you see some vocal protesters gathering outside of the supreme court at this hour. president biden called the decision a, quote, tragic error. today, the supreme court of the united states expressly took away a constitutional right from the american people that had already recognized. they didn t limit it. they simply took it away. state laws banning abortion are automatically taking effect today, jeopardizing the health of millions of women, some without exceptions. so extreme that the women could be punished for protecting their health. so, the stunning decision now turns abortion rights over to the states, and the