'A slap in the face to women': Nancy Pelosi condemns overturning of Roe v Wade – video

Nancy Pelosi has responded to the supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, calling it 'an evisceration of Americans' rights'. The court's decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states. The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former president Donald Trump

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