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as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state's trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we're following all the developments and the supreme court's latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state's latest move and where it falls in the big picture. >> well, we knew that the state's first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overtur...

We recognize there are risks and those are risks we're willing to take because safeguarding our employees to ensure that they are able to make the choices that they need in their health care and in their lives is of upmost forns for us. >> so even though there are risks, you believe it's good business. what kind of impact overall do you think yelp and other companies are making by speaking out in this manner? >> i think what you're seeing right now is a number of companies since the ruling came down on friday starting to talk about benefits similar to the travel benefit yelp extended. i think ...

>> ed monoson moved to connecticut to get her ph.d. in literature at yale. she says she feels lucky to have been able to make her own choice. >> thinking outside of myself, it felt scary for other people who can get pregnant who might not have the option to live their dream if they wanted it. >> cnn, new york. and in that piece, you just saw yelp's chief diversity officer, and she's joining us right now live. so good to see you. back in april after the draft opinion overturning roe v. wade leaked, yelp announced that it would cover travel costs for its employees and the dependents if they ne...

That abortion is safer than continuing pregnancy and giving birth. so simply by more women giving birth, we can expect maternal mortality to rise as much as 21% overall. it won't be felt equally, though, because we have racial disparities in death from pregnancy in this country. black women die at rates two to three times higher than white women and they will see the burden of this increase in maternal mortality. >> for those states where trigger laws are going into effect and have an exception to save the life of the mother, as a doctor, is the language in those exceptions clear enough in you...

Overturned will not be felt evenly across the country. women of color will bear the brunt of seismic shift partly because of lost work opportunities. as reported, many corporations are stepping up and pledging support to workers who would otherwise have no options. >> when alaw in a unexpectedly got pregnant with her partner at 21, she had a choice to make. she was working a low wage retail job in seattle while dreaming of getting her ph.d. at yale. she made the tough decision to have an abortion. >> i knew that i would be stuck in a cycle of poverty that i was already trying to get out of. >>...