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With the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, 13 states with so-called "trigger laws" will ban abortions immediately or overturn the historic court case.

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Abortion could be left for individual states to decide. at least 13 have so-called trigger laws that would effectively ban the procedure the moment roe is struck down. if that happens, women will have to travel out of state to get abortion services and there are concerns this will produce an undue burden on low income women, women of color, it would place a strain on states like colorado which have enshrined the right to abortion, but are overwhelmed with a surge in demand. jim, poppy? >> luiz l...

Insider spent months investigating the 13 "trigger states," identifying the politicians who pushed the abortion bans and the corporations that bankrolled them.

From britain to rwanda has been grounded after a series of legal challenges. the government says its disappointed but undeterred. investigating whether war crimes have been committed in kharkiv — the international criminal courts chief prosecutor visits ukraines second—largest city. in the coming days, the us supreme court will issue a much anticipated decision on abortion which could overturn the roe versus wade ruling of almost 50 years ago that established the constitutional right to term...

Extremely intense. with this possibility of a full eviscerate shun of roe. and then theyre going to come right out of. that youre going to see these trigger laws and mediately take action. theres going to be women in the state who are going to suffer for a lack of control of their own body. that is a real, its a real shame. its also a real opportunity for democrats to paint a picture for the electorate that makes change scary, and thats ultimately what democrats have to do. they have to disquali...

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed five abortion bans in 13 months. One has rape and incest exemptions; the others don't. Providers and patients struggle to understand what's legal.

>> yeah. >> good luck trying to argue the other side of this, as we watch whats happening across the country. >> you look at the numbers just on abortion over the past couple weeks. theyve -- the right for women to choose has shot up, in some cases, 20, 25 percentage points. gallup says higher levels of support for roe v. wade, higher levels of support for women, for girls -- were talking about rape and incest here that was polled. the numbers have gone up again, to not take the choice away. thi...

This? i remain incredibly skeptical about this. even on background check laws. perhaps the trigger laws. that doesnt mean the president shouldnt try or give speeches like that. that is what his moral authority is for. thats what the megaphone is for. but even people i talked to at the white house, the president himself, you know, skeptical that anything is different this time. >> you pose the question this time. you pose the question, too, after newtown, after pick, after a church in south carol...

Oklahoma lawmakers have passed contradictory bills to ban abortion. They don't know which law will prevail if Roe v. Wade is overturned.