ukraine where officials are hoping that evacuation efforts can assume resume in mariupol. those many civilians remain trapped inside the city s decimated steel plant. for the first time in nearly half a century, american women appear to be on the cusp of losing their constitutional right to save legal abortions. a draft opinion was drafted that appears poised to overturn roe vs. wade, which protects abortion rights nationwide. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of the document. final ruling is not expected until june and abortion remains legal for now, but alarm is, sparking. protests have already begun while many republicans are celebrating the news. this would mark a major victory decades in the making for american conservatives. and this is all possible because of the three conservative justices appointed by former u.s. president donald trump who dramatically shifted the ideological make july of the top court. makeup of the top court. justin alito has long objected to
matches this draft, it would be by far the most consequential abortion decision in decades and would transform women s reproductive health in the u.s. want to get straight to jessica schneider, she is live at the supreme court for us bright and early this morning. what does this apparent draft opinion say? reporter: 34r5iplain and sim it eliminates the constitutional right to have an abortion that existed since 1973 when i the court at that time issued its opinion in roe v. wade. politico is reporting that this is a 98 page draft opinion written by justice alito and says in part that we hold roe and casey must be overruled, the constitution makes no reference to abortion and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision. this is just a draft, it has not been authenticated by cnn and the court has s fu refused to t on this. but if it has been leaked to politico, this would be an unprecedented development. these opinions by these nine justices are alwa
iran but these chants were in dearborn, michigan, the home of ford motor company s. proposed union protesters are not happy with president biden s response to israel war on hamas, the senior nationals correspondent kevin corker is with us with the latest. good evening betrays, it is actually an annual proposed union advantage, how the last friday of ramadan and enjoys significant support around the world, in particular here domestically in dearborn, michigan which as you probably know has the highest abortion of muslim in the nation be! with this comes with fierce opposition for u.s. support for is what, and what many deemed to be atrocities by israel in gaza, in retaliation for that hamas attack on october 7th. the marches including protesters chanting death to america and death to israel and genocide joe there s of course applicable angled to all this and rest, biden was declared the winner in michigan in 2020 by a relatively thin margin and is currently trailing fo
But i will tell you, abortion is still legal right now. we are letting our patients know, patients who are seeking access to abortion, that they can still go and seek their provider right now. but what is happening right now in front of the court is unbelievable. and laura coates says if roe vs. wade is overturned, it would have far-reaching consequences on women s rights. this opinion can be, if true, narrowed down and defined quite simply, women are not viewed as equal to men. the right of privacy, a fancy way of talking about a fundamental right, meaning in a country where we talk about how we do not want people s rights to infringe on another s and your rights end and where my begin and consent of the govern, in this instance the court has already said that there are some areas if you believe fundamental rights include things like marriage and in-are a state travel, and things like
My prayer is that roe vs. wade is overturned and that life prevails. and complete it could impact the upcoming locations. what did l. it mean for the midterm elections and the other side of the aisle who for a log time state that they care about the court but because some of these things have been on their side and the precedence has been on their side, roe and casey and some other things, i don t want people to send mail to me, but there has been a little bit of complacency about this. the conservatives have cared ab more about the court and changing things like this issue through the court than the liberals have been. democrats are promising to turn abortion rights in to a major campaign issue. the democratic national committee says make no mistake,