hello, and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. we can take you to live pictures at the moment of the supreme court, where pro and anti abortion campaigners have been standing and campaigning for hours now, after the roe v wade ruling was overturned. you have people there, this looks like the anti abortion campaigners, who are demonstrating against that ruling. they have been there in washington for several hours and we will of course bring you “p and we will of course bring you up to date on that story. that is actually our top story, which we will go to now. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgement that legalised terminations nationwide. with me is our news reporter shelley phelps. shelley, talk to us about this. which states will enforce these changes first? changes first? simon, this rulin: changes first? simon, this ruling is changes first? simon, this ruling is of changes first?
and ukraine orders its soldiers to withdraw from one of its last strongholds in the east. hello, and welcome to bbc news. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so, and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws, which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering. this is a huge, historic moment for america. cheering continues. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. life won today! both: life won today! life won today , they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 years. i ve
Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. we can take you to live pictures at the moment of the supreme court, where pro and anti abortion campaigners have been standing and campaigning for hours now, after the roe v wade ruling was overturned. you have people there, this looks like the anti abortion campaigners, who are demonstrating against that ruling. they have been there in washington for several hours and we will of course bring you “p and we will of course bring you up to date on that story. that is actually our top story, which we will go to now. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgement that legalised terminations nationwide. with me is our news
Gutmacker institute. hours after this ruling, missouri were the first state to introduce a ban, followed closely by south dakota, they have also introduced a ban, except where the life of the mother is at risk. it has many states as are expected to limit abortion in this way, you could end up with large areas of america where women need to travel 300 miles to access their nearest abortion clinic. this is a huge story, what is the global reaction been to this? . ., ., the global reaction been to this? . . ., ~ , this? canadian prime minister justin trudeau this? canadian prime minister justin trudeau described - this? canadian prime minister justin trudeau described this | justin trudeau described this as horrifying, while the british prime minister, boris johnson, says this is a step backwards. in latin america there has been shocking critical commentary there, because people say about this ruling contrasts with moves of air to move towards more liberal abortion policies. moves th
Reporter shelley phelps. shelley, talk to us about this. which states will enforce these changes first? changes first? simon, this rulin: changes first? simon, this ruling is changes first? simon, this ruling is of changes first? simon, this ruling is of momentous i ruling is of momentous significance. this means that individual states can now introduce bans on abortion and they can decide what they want to do in each individual state. it is a hugely divisive issue in america and it has been for 50 years. if we look at the map now, we can see 13 states have so called trigger laws in place, ready, which means they can now introduce immediate abortion bounce quite quickly. now, that includes places like mississippi, tennessee and louisiana. abortion bans. faces that are in the south of the country, some of the more religious areas. looking at the map, there are another 13 states which could move quickly to ban or severely limit access. that is according to the pro choice group, t