Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amma Navas. On the news hour tonight in a

win for reproductive rights advocates, the Supreme Court

unanimously votes to protect access to the abortion

pill Mipa Pristone.

The latest on the war in Ukraine,

as G7 leaders meet in Italy and announce a deal to use frozen Russian assets to support the war-torn country.

And a look at the debate surrounding arming teachers, as more states passed legislation allowing educators to carry guns on school grounds. Welcome to the news hour. There was major news out of the Supreme Court today as a decision came down in a highly

anticipated reproductive rights case where the justices protected access to widely used abortion

pills.

In a unanimous decision the court ruled that a group of anti-abortion doctors

does not have any legal basis to challenge access to Mifopristone

that's one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion.

As a result, access to Mifroistone will not change.

Let's bring in our John Yay.

John, it's great to have you here.

So this ruling did not address the underlying issues that the plaintiffs raised instead

deciding the case only on standing that this decision was unanimous was

that surprising? Not entirely the oral arguments back in March really focused on

this question of standing did the doctors have the legal right to sue and in his opinion the

unanimous opinion today

Justice Kavanaugh essentially said no they don't have a direct personal stake in this because they're

anti-abortion doctors because they are morally opposed to abortion they don't

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