had yesterday, and don t have today. we are going to continue to follow these protests all across the country this evening, so make sure you stay tuned in the coming hours here on cnn. look at this map. 13 states already have trigger laws that would pan ban apportion. at least six wept into effect as soon as the supreme court struck down roe. the rest, in a matter of days or weeks and at least one justice would like this to go forgoter, justice clarence thomas writing quote in future cases, we should consider all this court substantive due process precedence, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefeld. that means a court a court that says there is no right to abortion could also take away more rights, like the right to birth control, the right to same-sex relationships, the right of gay couples to get married. tonight, i am going to talk to the plaintiff in the land mark case that legalized gay marriage that is coming up later in this program. but listen to what the jus
thank you so much for sticking with me. i ll be back here 9:00 monday night. don lemon tonight starts right now. sara snider, thank you so much. this is don lemon tonight as the lady said. you are looking at protests right now across the country. at least 70 planned, from coast to coast. thousands of americans, taking to the streets in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade after almost half a century. three conservatives appointed to the court by then-president donald trump, who promised to nominate justices to overturn roe, and now, a fundamental right the right to abortion is taken away. and that has been upheld by generations of justices appointed by both republicans and democrats. a right, millions of americans had yesterday, and don t have today. we are going to continue to follow these protests all across the country this evening, so make sure you stay tuned in the coming hours here on cnn. look at this map. 13 states already have trigger laws
decision, news of that broke and the u.s. and all around the world. we ve seen thousands of demonstrators pass through this area outside the supreme court today. you know, when we were here first earlier this morning, there were groups from both sides of this debate and anti abortion activists were here celebrating as we reached into the evening, it was pretty much exclusively hundreds, possibly thousands of proabortion choice activists. the crowd really has dwindled out now. speakers just finished talking but say come back tomorrow. they want people back here tomorrow. what we did see here today, don, is a huge security presence across washington d.c. i will say that it was very, very different to the security presence we saw in washington d.c. on the morning of january 6th. there was police all over the city. some demonstrators also this evening marched from s.c.o.t.u.s. through washington and came back. so we are likely to see more demonstrations in the coming days. people
a stunning decision by the supreme court overturning roe v. wade taking away the federal right to an abortion. the court upsetting 50 years of legal precedent, the conservative majority writing in the opinion and i quote, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and it must be over ruled. the impact is immediate. at least 13 states have trigger laws that ban abortion now and in the coming days and weeks. the decision sparking protests around the country. cnn donnie o sullivan in is in washington. good evening to both of you. i ll start with you donee. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, don, what a day it has been here in washington d.c. it s about almost exactly 13 hours since that historic
a stunning decision by the supreme court overturning roe v. wade taking away the federal right to an abortion. the court upsetting 50 years of legal precedent, the conservative majority writing in the opinion and i quote, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and it must be over ruled. the impact is immediate. at least 13 states have trigger laws that ban abortion now and in the coming days and weeks. the decision sparking protests around the country. cnn donnie o sullivan in is in washington. good evening to both of you. i ll start with you donee. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, don, what a day it has been here in washington d.c. it s about almost exactly 13 hours since that historic decision, news of that broke and the u.s. and all around the world. we ve seen thousands of demonstrators pass through this area outside the supreme court