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.
egregiously wrong and deeply damaging. the three liberal justices dissenting, warning the ruling will lead to the curtailment of women s rights and of their status as free and equal citizens. on capitol hill, the reaction was swift. disgraceful. disgraceful judgment. it s absolutely a major issue on the ballot. largest governmental overreach in the history of our lifetime. kevin mccarthy told cnn he supports codifying a 15-week abortion ban at the national level. the supreme court upheld mississippi s 15-week ban in its ruling overturning roe. with the support of chief justice john roberts, who opposed overturning roe entirely. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. congressional democrats left with little recourse, given they lack 60 votes in the senate to overcome a gop filibuster. the senator from my state, the senator from west virginia, if you say you re for women, then do not use an old law that was not even, again,
he took the lead for the first time tonight around a half hour ago. okay. and the big dynamic here is kathy barnette had been eating into what might have been a clear win for him. david mccormick coming up the middle as the more moderate, traditional republican candidate, ie not election denying. look, this thing is still tight. it s a o1.1 race. bucks county are coming in with a slight edge to oz right now. but this thing is well within recount territory. this isn t going away. what do row think is happening that there is a slight inch for him? i think trump s endorsement is making a difference. oz doing really well in coal country. something to really pay attention to. mccormick s strength is the suburbs in pittsburgh, where he grew up. but right now you see oz just edging ahead. but this isn t going to be over. this is going to be days. this is in recount territory. every ballot counts right now. 851. did you say days? possibly. we thought hours, maybe. hou