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I thought, "this is devastating". the courts are undermining the american people. and we have a long road ahead, but we are not letting this fight slip through our fingers. we are going to keep going. ninejustices sit on the supreme court, five of them, according to the leaked report, will vote to overturn abortion rights, with justice samuel alito writing that the decades—old decision to guarantee abortion was egregiously wrong. the impact will be sudden. there are 13 us states that have so�...

Half of america could ban abortion. 13 states have so—called trigger laws. another 13 would automatically ban, or severely limit, access. 36 million women of reproductive age would live in places without abortion services. following the leak of the draft, there have been many protests in states like florida, where a restrictive law has already been signed which will ban abortion at 15 weeks. but pro—choice campaigners are worried that if roe v wade is overturned, states like these will ban a...

Been having their say, including vice president kamala harris. those republican leaders who are trying to weaponise the use of the law against women, will we say, how dare they? how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body? applause. how dare they? how dare they try to stop her from determining her own future? how dare they try to deny women their rights and their freedoms? this is all happening because the supreme court of nine justices, who serve life terms, have ...

So what now is the big question. what now for women who might be seeking abortions. what now for abortion clinics. i mean if the supreme court majority draft opinion is actually adopted some of the effects will be immediate. youve got 13 states that have passed what are known as trigger laws which are abortion restrictions that would be triggered automatically if or when roe v. wade is overturned. and one of those states is mississippi. and thats where diane owns the only abortion clinic in the ...

Opinion holds, and we may know in a couple of months, the u.s. will move to a divided country, some having a right to abortion, some not. they speak of 26 states that would immediately move to allow or greatly limit this. is that what were looking to, that part of the country, women will be able to do it, part of the country they will not? >> i think thats right. 26 states are ready to ban almost all abortion if roe v. wade is overturned through a variety of means. some have passed trigger laws,...

If the court is successful, nearly half of america could ban abortion. 13 states have so—called trigger laws. another 13 would automatically ban, or severely limit, access. 36 million women of reproductive age would live in places without abortion services. following the leak of the draft, there have been many protests in states like florida, where a restrictive law has already been signed which will ban abortion at 15 weeks. but pro—choice campaigners are worried that if roe v wade is overt...

Rise since 2018. and if you delve further into that data, black women are disproportionately effected and are dying at three times the rate of their white counterparts. so, women are literally dying to have children, yet the supreme court is forcing us to give birth. let that sink in. >> yeah. and what will -- whats going to happen who have ectopic pregnancies or other situations where the mothers life is in danger? >> you know, those are interesting situations. i did read that there are multipl...

News here out of washington. the aftermath of that leaked draft decision on roe v. wade on the supreme court. several affirming their decision to put in place these trigger laws, to trigger abortion bans if roe v. wade gets struck down. check out this map here. youve got more than a dozen states, 13 of them, that would put in place an abortion ban by way of a trigger law, meaning as soon as the court decides to overturn roe, if that happens, the process begins. in so many states it takes typical...

Number one, 13 of those states have trigger laws. those are laws on the books that go in effect and ban abortion statewide, pretty soon after roe is overturned. one example, idaho. that state would make performing an abortion a felony 30 the grant states the authority to ban abortion. once it goes into effect, anybody sentenced for performing an abortion could face two to five years in prison. number two, another five states have abortion bans on the books before roe and never were removed. and ...

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