I'm Sarah Sidener and this is CNN Tonight.

This is the scene outside the United States Supreme Court this evening after one of the

most consequential rulings in modern history, a reversal of a precedent that has been in place

for nearly 50 years.

Women in America no longer have a constitutional right to an abortion.

Alive look now at the demonstrations, which have popped up around the country and earlier

in the day when the Supreme Court decision came down, reversing Roe vs. Wade.

This is what it looked like when conservatives who believe they are saving unborn children

heard the decision.

Happiness hugging and cheering.

The opposite emotions from those who say this is just another way to control a woman and

limit the choices she can make about her own life.

The Supreme Court issued an illegitimate, fascist ruling.

This decision is an outrage.

The fight over the issue is by no means over, but the decision is already having real world

impact tonight for the first time since Richard Nixon was an office abortion is now illegal

in eight states.

South Dakota, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Alabama.

And they will not be the only ones between states with so-called trigger laws that were

designed to go into effect for precisely this moment.

And states that may be able to use old, unenforced bands more than half of the states could

make abortion illegal in the coming hours, days, and weeks.

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