protests swept the country in response to the Supreme Court's
ruling against abortion rights on friday. That's not legal
abortion throughout the land. People gathered on streets in
parks outside the city halls and of course, on
the steps of the Supreme Court. The anger isn't
just at the justices or republicans. Many protesters in
the crowds say they're frustrated with democrats inability to codify
abortion access into law. Some events did turn violent
police in phoenix Arizona even fired tear gas into crowds
near the state capitol. Meanwhile, the fallout from
the Supreme Court's decision continued over the weekend as those
on both sides of the issue scrambled to restrict or
to protect the right to an abortion. A new
battle is forming over the abortion pill as more women
seek them out. That could set up a clash
between states and the federal government since the pill is
approved by the FDA. And a poll released by
CBS News on Sunday found that 52% of those surveyed
called the Supreme Court's decision a quote step backward for
America. Well, the world of politics is waking
up this morning. Our own aerial Hickson is live
in Washington, D. C, to bring us
the biggest stories unfolding in our nation's capital area.
Good morning to you. Good morning Hannah and Chloe
. The Supreme Court's opinion in Dobbs versus Jackson Women's
Health Organization on friday took away the constitutional right to
an abortion and handed the issue entirely back to the
States because of that, we've got to break down
the patchwork of abortion laws on the books right now
across the country As of this morning, abortion is
banned in eight states Alabama Arkansas Kentucky Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma
, South Dakota and Utah. Most of these bands
come from so called trigger laws that banned abortion immediately
after the court struck down row or in the past
few days. Many other states are likely to follow
suit in the coming days and weeks within the next
month expect Idaho Mississippi north Dakota Tennessee texas and Wyoming
to ban the procedure. And most of these states
also have trigger laws on the books, but they
have a longer period between the end of row and
the day they take effect. We'll be watching this
over the next few months and weeks to illustrate the
fact that we will soon have what abortion rights advocates
call two Americas, one with abortion rights and one
without. Well, Ariel with the guttmacher institute says
we can expect more than half the states to ban
or restrict abortion in some way. So what about
the rest of the states you didn't mention here?
Well, some states like texas and Ohio limit abortion
access to a certain number of weeks. That will
soon either have a full ban in place or will
move to enact one through the republican state legislatures.
Now, others may not go so far like Arizona
and florida, which only have 15 Week bans in
place as of now. And others depend on which
party controls the levers of state government like michigan Pennsylvania
North Carolina and Virginia? Well, Ariel Hickson live
from Washington D. C. Thank you and joining
us for some expert insight on the Supreme Court's ruling
is senior staff attorney for the center of reproductive Rights
and co lead counsel in Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health
Organization. Hillary Schneller Hillary, thank you so much
for joining us today. What have you noticed in
terms of the reactions since the opinion was announced on
friday? Well, I mean, we have seen
as you mentioned, outpouring of people into the streets
to protest the Supreme Court's decision. But in talking
to our clients who run abortion clinics, we are
seeing pain and devastation. As a result of this
ruling, hundreds of appointments have had to be canceled
, patients turned away many patients who had traveled already
hundreds of miles to access abortion in their state or
out of state are being told they can no longer
access this care now. Hillary, you are so
close to this case. What do you want to
say to people on the other side of this issue
, One of the most important things to know is
that this is the first time the Supreme Court has
taken away a fundamental right and we know that if
this is going to have devastating impacts for gender equality
and for women's health, for women's ability to control
our bodies and our lives. And you know,
we don't know all of the consequences that will come
out of this, but we know they will all
be incredibly, incredibly harmful. Can you tell us
a little bit about the work you do at the
center of reproductive Rights on this particular issue and whether
or not you'll be changing course in various states in
the days and weeks ahead, the Center for reproductive
Rights works across the United States and across the globe
to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights. We
have worked in the federal and state courts in the
state legislatures in Congress and with the federal government and
we will continue to do that. This just changes
some of the strategy because the federal floor of protection
that rope provided is no longer there. So we
will have two more than we have in the past
go state by state and law by law to try
to mitigate the harm of this decision and ultimately right
restore a broader right to reproductive autonomy and ensure that
people can actually access abortion where it remains legal now
. Hillary, we have seen protests breaking out across
the country in your opinion. What can the average
citizen do to help with this? I think it's
critical that people register their disagreement with this this decision
by coming out and protesting people should donate to abortion
funds because there are still places the United States where
abortion is legal and people will need to be able
to travel to get to those places and people should
tell their elected representatives that they support abortion rights and
to support federal legislation like the Women's Health protection Act
and state legislation that would protect access to abortion.
Hillary, thank you so much for your time today
. That's Hillary Schneller, senior staff attorney for the
center of reproductive Rights. Meanwhile, president biden met
with other members of the G seven summit in the
Bavarian alps. On sunday, the president announced the
group of Seven will ban imports of gold from Russia
to choke off cash flow to the Russian government.
As the summit got underway, Russia unleashed a new
round of missiles at Kiev. The first attack on
Ukraine's capital in weeks Before leaving for the G-7 Biden
signed the gun bill passed by Congress into law.
It's the most significant gun legislation in decades and today
in Moscow. A preliminary hearing is being held for
W N. B. A. Star, Brittney
Griner Griner was detained at Russian international airport in february
after being accused of carrying Vape cartridges containing hashish oil
, which is illegal in Russia. The US State
Department says Griner is wrongfully detained by Russia. The
agency added that securing the basketball star's release is a
priority but offered no details on how that might happen
. Russia issued multiple extensions of grinders, pre child's
attention with the latest keeping the 31 year old in
custody through july 2nd if convicted, she faces up
to 10 years in prison and Pride Weekend was a
huge success here in new york city with thousands of
people lining the parade route in Manhattan on sunday.
So this was the first parade in two years since
being canceled due to the covid 19 pandemic. The
pride celebration came on the heels of the controversial scotus
ruling on friday with a mix of cheering crowds and
passionate protesters all while having newfound fears about losing certain
freedoms. After the news broke on friday planned parenthood
was asked to kick off the parade at noon on
sunday and lead the group of those marching. Now
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