America’s abortion divide

The US Supreme Court has heard arguments in the most important abortion case in a generation. It is the biggest challenge to a 1973 ruling that legalised abortion nationally, and could change reproductive rights in the country. Ros Atkins looks at the abortion debate in the US and asks why this case is happening now.

(Photo: Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court on 1, December, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images).