US abortion rights challenged

The law that effectively legalised abortion across the United States nearly 50 years ago is being challenged at the Supreme Court. Our correspondent is outside the court and explains what's at stake.

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(Photo: Supreme Court Police officers guard a barrier between anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights protesters outside the court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women"s Health, in Washington, U.S., Dec 1, 2021. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)