luckily it didn t get worse than that. police say this followed verbal confrontations against protesters and a driver. in phoenix, a crowd of abortion rights protesters surrounded the state law building, tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. as of today, 13 states have trigger laws banning abortions in light of the ruling. some gomboldened house republicans want to push a ban on abortion at 15 weeks nationwide. leaders around the world are blasting the supreme court s decision, calling it a huge blow to women s rights and gender equality. cnn has a team covering today s protests. polo sandoval is in fnew york. but we begin with joe johns, outside the supreme court. joe? reporter: jim, we have certainly seen this crowd growing over the last several hours. it has been peaceful but it has been confrontational. when i worked up i saw people on either side of this issue essentially yelling and cursing at each other but it has not gone physical. there s a lot of anger here.
least six states already. omhouse republicans are pushing on legislation to ban abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. the united states is joining the ranks of nicar nicaragua, polan el salvador to roll back abortion rights. reporter: large crowd here at the united states supreme court, let s look around, i ll show you the vast majority, the people here at this time are abortion rights supporters. you can that by the proponents. we had verbal confrontations, cursing, what have you, but it has remained peaceful. still the folks here projecting a sense of anger, projecting almost shock if you will, and that s one of the things i m asking people about in the crowd here, given the fact there was so much advance warning that the court was headed in this direction, abortion rights opponents have been protesting, if you will, roe v. wade for 50 years and then just a few weeks ago, we got that advance opinion that leaked opinion of justice alito really signaling the court was headed
several have outlawed abortion immediately under the so-called tigger laws that will ban or restrict most abortions in roughly half the country. the biden administration weighing options to try and protect abortion rights. former acting attorney general math i hue whitaker joins us in just a moment, but first alexis mcadams is lye in new york city live in new york city with the protests, but let s start with david spunt live at the supreme court. we can hear those crowds still gathering on both sides, chanting, jeering or cheering. david, what s the latest from there? reporter: a lot of energy outside the united states supreme court, that is for sure. things were quiet early this morning, but things began to pick up with several how coming outside the high court to lend their voices just a few hours ago. we re going to take just a little bit of a pan of the crowd right now. you can see there s quite a crowd out here. both sides of this abortion issue out here, though wher
weeks off a supreme court decision to point the nation down an onshore path. among them, millions of wisdom now subject to the courts decision, overturning roe v. wade. many having already watched trigger bans on abortion taking effect in their states, while conservative lawmakers dream up cartoonish methods to keep women from freeing to blue states where abortion is still legal. president biden must not only preside over the scales, but use it to drive voters to the polls, leading up to a midterm elections in november. of course, national abortion fight is far from his only domestic challenge, as this july 4th weekend has been curtailed by the same record inflation and rising gasoline prices that have tended the presidents approval numbers for months now. i would be lying if i said our democracy was not in peril this independence day, and i want patronizing with the easy prescription of vote harder. because, marginalized communities will tell you, it s not that simple. and s
and the anger, even from house speaker nancy pelosi. this morning, the radical supreme court is eviscerate-ing americans rights. and endangering their health and safety. the republican control has achieved their dark, extreme goal of ripping away a woman s right to make her own reproductive health decisions. because of donald trump, which coddle, at the republican party. if the supreme court, americans they have less freedoms than their mothers. this ruling takes us backwards. and you get a sense of just how far backwards when you listen to what s an nbc news correspondent said when roe was decided back in january, of 1973. from the beginning, abortion has been forced to see this issue as a constant on an individual s choice. abortion is now legal in every state. the basic fight is now over. the basic legal fight was thought to be over. but then they waged a decades long political fight to stack the supreme court. now because of this, political court ruling, about h