u.s. supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision. for anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, and for abortion rights supporters, it s a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden says decision to ultimately put women s health in jeopardy. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now, with roe gone, let s be very clear. the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who were the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate reacted to the supreme court decision. take a look. what this means to women is such an insult. it s a slap in the face to women about using their own judgment to make their own decisions about their reproductive freedom. americans celebrate this historic victory
well, good morning to you, to your new day, i should say. saturday, june 25th. and i am not alone! look at us, here in the studio together. it s great. it s fantastic. great to be with you, christi. it is so good to have you right here, right where you are right now, especially with all the news we have to talk about today. so much going on today. demonstrators taking to the streets across the country, following that u.s. supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. a moment that antiabortion rights activists are describing as a victory that s been decades in the making. abortion rights groups plan more dmgss today. take a look at what was happening as protesters yesterday were in major cities around the country. and let me tell you about what happened in phoenix, arizona, of course. the demonstration got rowdy. people were banging on the class doors of the state senate building. look at this. we re told troopers yo
the streets, abortion rights advocates holding protests across the nation but for antiabortion activists, jubilation. the supreme court ruling there is no constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion. at least 26 states are either poised to or have already banned abortion. cnn has reporters covering this massive shift in laws across the country. alexandra field is in missouri. nadia romero is in mississippi, the state which brought the case which ultimately ended federal abortion protections. nadia, what s the reaction there and where are you exactly? reporter: fred, we are in jackson, mississippi, outside of the last abortion clinic in the state. for some people this is a place of refuge. for others, this is a site of pure evil where evil things take place. that s what we re hearing. and you hear those two sides of the roe v. wade thing being played out here on the street corner, you see these two gentlemen having a heated conversation. this is mild compared to wha
constitutional protections for abortion that women have had for nearly 50 years. and now leaving it up to states to decide whether abortion should be legal within their borders. at least 26 states are either boysed to or have already banned abortion. the ruling cheered by anti-abortion supporters after decades fighting but a broad majority of americans disagreeing with that ruling. in a cnn poll conducted weeks ago, 66% of americans did not want the supreme court to completely overturn roe v. wade. cnn has reporters on ground covering this seismic decision. let s go first to cnn s joe johns outside of the u.s. supreme court where i know it is very noisy and a lot people there. what are you seeing? reporter: it is noisy, fred. and we have seen a lot of clanting, a bit of confrontation because there have been people here on both sides of this issue. yelling at each other. it is largely peaceful. talking to people in the crowd, you get a real sense of what brought them and the
the scene there to disperse demonstrators. in eugene, oregon, a crowd got rowdy. they used pepper spray to break up the crowd and arrested ten people. as of now 13 states have trigger laws banning abortions in light of this ruling and an abortion ban is already in effect in at least six states. let s go to some of the protests. polo sandoval in new york. and let s go to joe johns first outside the supreme court. i know it s been very busy outside the supreme court, joe. what are you seeing right now? reporter: it is, jim. this crowd has just built and built and built throughout the afternoon. let s take a look at the large number of people here in front of the united states supreme court. the speakers expressing everything from anger and shock and fear about the future, of course, the vast majority of the people here are supporters of abortion rights. there were a few people who were opponents of abortion rights, but they got into what you call verbal altercations with some