After the Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to abortion, some states have outlawed it.
Escorts at the clinic, who stood in the Arkansas heat day in and day out to accompany patients through the throng of protesters, held a group hug. "I thought that this country would still care about people. Would still care about women," said Miss Karen, the lead escort.
Trigger laws in Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama have already been appliedWyoming's ban will take effect in five days, Utah's ban must be certified by a legislative councilThe decision was met with elation by anti-abortion campaigners outside the court in Washington, but protests against the ruling were due to be held in more than 50 cities across the US.
Friday's ruling amounts to a wholesale reversal of the Supreme Court's own legal precedent - an extremely rare move - and is likely to set up political battles that divide the nation. The ruling gave American women an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, but allowed for restrictions in the second trimester and for prohibitions in the third.
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