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Abortion ruling starting with roe should be overturned because the right to abortion is not "deeply rooted in this nation's history and tradition. so, does that mean other rights recognized by the court, including same-sex marriage and access to birth control, are also in trouble, since they're not deeply rooted in history either justice clarence thomas said the court's rulings on contraceptives and gay marriage should be re-examined, but justice samuel alito, who wrote the opinion striking down roe, repeatedly said, no. he said abortion is different because it ends "a potential life." some co...

They would uphold roe in their public confirmation hearings. >> roe v. wade is an important precedent of the supreme court. >> a good judge will consider it as precedent of the united states supreme court. >> roe vs. wade clearly held that the constitution protected a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. >> reporter: in 1973, the supreme court legalized abortion with a 7-2 ruling. a majority of the justices were appointed by republicans. friday's 5-4 decision to overturn roe v. wade was decided by the most conservative court in nearly a century. now, new battle lines are being drawn as the ...

Countries. they're both very catholic. malta has a long-standing ban, so, it's nothing new in malta's case. poland, actually, had its rules changed recently. it's -- they've been getting tighter since the '90s, but then there was a high court decision a couple years ago that really imposed a near total ban on abortion and i should say it's been very controversial and there have been huge protests against it in poland, so it is a polarizing issue. >> many countries in europe where abortion is legal have mandatory wait times, for example, six days in belgium, seven days in italy. and the senate ...

Night making a lot of noise hope that they would do and perhaps that was the motive of the leaker. we just don't know whether that was the motive or not. i think joe is right that it's not going to be the same. i just don't know. of course, we simply don't know whether it could end up different. it wouldn't shock me if the final decision upholds the mississippi law but doesn't strike down roe. >> pete in that same statement justice roberts called this a singular and egregious breach of trust. i won't ask you to speculate on who leaked it. >> i don't know. >> what about the impact on the court?...

On the books now so that everything is ready to go once roe is thrown out. in the meantime, they're making it as hard as humanly possible to get women abortions under any circumstances. threaten anyone who loans the money, certainly threaten the doctors, threaten the women. but now, put that kentucky headline back up there. as of today, abortions have stopped in kentucky. there are two clinics that provided a abortions in kentucky before today. neither of those clinics can provide abortions anymore under the new law just passed in that state. which means not in a few months, not if and when th...