Jun 25 Biden signs most sweeping gun reform bill in decades By Will Weissert, Associated Press Biden signed the measure two days after the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday striking down a New York law that restricted peoples’ ability to carry concealed weapons. Continue reading
Jun 24 Missouri’s last abortion clinic finds itself in center of Roe fallout By Gabrielle Hays During a news conference Friday, clinic directors said their focus would now turn to making sure people have the information they need and working with allies to connect people with care in other states. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 4:27 How the Supreme Court rewrote national abortion law By John Yang Today saw a tectonic shift on abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court remade the legal landscape, throwing out the precedent laid down 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. John Yang explores the decision, the praise, the protest and how… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 6:38 Inside the Supreme Court decision that overturns abortion rights The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion law in the U.S. rocked the nation, but the court’s conservative majority wasn’t unanimous. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal explains how Chief Justice Roberts responded to the decision and how the… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:21 What’s next in the legal battle over abortion? By John Yang An estimated 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion following the Supreme Court’s ruling. What’s next in the legal battle over abortion? Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California and author of "Dollars for Life: The… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:57 An anti-abortion advocate on what comes after Roe After celebrating a victory in the Supreme Court, activists will work in every state to further restrict access to abortion according to Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Dannenfelser spoke with Judy Woodruff about public support for… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:43 Many will be forced into pregnancy after Roe decision, abortion rights advocate says No one gets to stay neutral in this moment, Alexis McGill Johnson President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund says in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Johnson says pro-choice advocates are mobilizing to fight the… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 3:42 Work ‘has just begun,’ Ohio anti-abortion advocate says after Roe overturned By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson Michael Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, has been working toward the goal of overturning Roe v. Wade for more than a decade. On the day when federal protections for abortion have been overturned, he joins Amna Nawaz to… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:39 After Roe, abortion rights advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson As abortion is banned in many parts of the U.S., it is “unconscionable” to ask states’ pandemic-strapped health care systems to absorb more patients, said Kelly Davis, executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. Davis joins Amna Nawaz to… Continue watching
Jun 24 WATCH: California Gov. Newsom speaks on abortion rights, climate change fight By Associated Press As the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nation's constitutional protections for abortion, elected leaders and abortion-rights activists in the nation's most populated state say they're not giving up the fight. Continue reading