as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
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
court in our land in the first place. the decision is set to have major legal political, social and cultural fallout. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent, is with us now. as we get going here and i was just reading about this. there are states now that are already starting to trigger their bans against abortion. we saw this coming. i would like to start there and explain how that happens expeditiously. a number of these states planned ahead and that s on both ends of the spectrum on the issue of abortion rights. sometimes they will restrict everything before a heartbeat and exceptions or not. those state laws are ready to kick in. some passed in anticipation of what would happen potentially today. there are other states on the other end of the spectrum. i cited colorado as one of these states where they passed laws wanting to extend abortion rights to women. basicically there you can get an abortion up to the end of your pregnancy. the laws have already been passed and
amy coney barrett. chief roberts wrote an opinion ban on abortions 15 weeks after pregnancy, but stopped the precedence of roe vs. wade together. all three liberal justices were in dissent. sandra: nearly half the states are already prepared to ban or severely limit abortions. this ruling comes more than a month, you ll remember, after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by justice samuel alito, indicating the court was prepared to take this very step. that leak leading to weeks of protests outside the homes of some justices and even a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. trace: begin with shannon bream, she is life at the supreme court. good to see you, trace and sandra. walk through this again. what happens here, with the 5-4 opinion, at least on the issue of not only upholding the mississippi law but journey turning roe, send this back to the states. many of them already have trigger laws on one end or the other that are kicking in almost immediately, some
we re so grateful to have you this sunday, june 26th. thank you for starting your week with us. a bittersweet morning here at cnn. it is christi s last day for us. i didn t preread that. yeah, after nine years. thank you so much. i m so glad that you are here. i m thrilled to be here with you to send you off in the right way. we ll have more about that and give her a great farewell in the next couple of hours. i appreciate that. we want to get to what is on your mind, we want to begin with the war in ukraine, of course. there is some news there looming over this meeting of g-7 leaders in europe. the explosions rocked theital o morning. between four and six missiles were launched at kyiv using russian strategic bombers. president biden is going to try to keep u.s. allies united against russia, even as he faces anger and frustration back home over inflation. the rising cost of gas and food and fears of a recession. he and other world leaders are going to look for ways t