the latest headlines: the us supreme court overturns the landmark roe versus wade ruling, ending the constitutional right to an abortion that dates back nearly 50 years. the historicjudgement will transform abortion rights in america with individual states now able to ban or restrict the procedure. in utah, trigger ban laws are ready to be implemented resulting from the supreme court ruling. karrie galloway, the ceo and president of planned parenthood organisationjoined us from utah. we asked how does she, herstaff, and her patients, feel today. well, obviously, devastated. beleaguered for the past six weeks since the trial. the opinion was leaked. it s been a tough day but we ve made it through the day. this process in the state is that the ruling from the upper court must be certified.
this. president biden and other leaders globally this. president biden and other leaders globally say this. president biden and other leaders globally say this - this. president biden and other leaders globally say this is i this. president biden and other leaders globally say this is a i leaders globally say this is a dark day for the united states and has pushed the country back. , ., ., and has pushed the country back. ., . ., , back. do you agree? i certainly think so- back. do you agree? i certainly think so. something back. do you agree? i certainly think so. something i - back. do you agree? i certainly think so. something i find i think so. something ifind incredibly alarming here is that this decision. it sits on a foundation that they have eliminated the right to either see. this has huge indications for other rights like conscious section, known procreative sex and families. it also has broader implications. ultimately, what the court is doing is trying to gut the 14
times, over the years. them have tried to do, many times, overthe years. so them have tried to do, many times, over the years. so they are moving forward without, other states are going to hunker down and continue to try to expand the right to abortion, to unbelievable extremes. abortion up to birth, abortion on demand, without apology. some states were working this year in their legislatures to allow abortion after birth. that is infanticide. yet the pro life, the pro life movement are the extremists, somehow. iwasjust like to mention, if i could, by the way, president biden mentioned in his comments today that, i believe he put it that this decision makes us an outlier. with all due respect, president biden, that isjust incorrect. this decision returns us, the united states more closer to normal, i m thinking of nations in europe,
to keep the guaranteed right to abortion, promising to fight back. it s not the will of the people, and this country are supposed to run off off the will of the people. i m 21 and i m terrified! we have a lot of work to do to make that happen, but we will never give up. it s 50 years since there was last a significant decision on abortion rights in america, it might be another 50. and it might be 50 more, sure. but we re not going to stop, it doesn t matter. it doesn t matter what they say, again, abortions will continue, theyjust will not be legal, and women will die from botched abortions. it s obvious this ruling is not going to end the arguments over abortion in america. in fact, it will inflame them. in this deeply polarised society, abortion is already one of the most divisive issues. even the president is powerless to change the court s ruling. with this decision, the conservative majority of the supreme court shows how extreme it is, how far removed they are from the majority o
voicing their content or discontent, celebrating or demonstrating against that landmark ruling that we are reporting now at the moment. that is just outside the white house, and these are life pictures. live. i m joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes. joe biden saying this is a tragic error. 0rdinary americans think? tragic error. ordinary americans think? ~ ., ., , americans think? well, ordinary americans americans think? well, ordinary americans are americans think? well, ordinary americans are split americans think? well, ordinary americans are split on americans think? well, ordinary americans are split on this i americans are split on this issue. this is hugely divisive, although it is interesting that in recent surveys of public opinion, a majority have favoured the precise opposite of what the supreme court has done. that is, maintaining the abortion rights of women. so it is going to be fascinating moving ahead, and one of the thingsjoe biden and