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BBC OS: 2021/12/01 16:06 GMT: US abortion rights challenged

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Challenge to US abortion rights

2021/12/01 16:06 GMT

2021/12/01 16:06 GMT: US abortion rights challenged

US abortion rights challenged

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The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Mississippi's ban on abortion

The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Mississippi’s ban on abortion

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.

As countries around the world assess the threat posed by the Omicron coronavirus variant, we’ll hear from Germany and Nigeria where Omicron cases have just been confirmed. 

We’ll also hear from people whose plans have now been disrupted by flight cancellations, travel bans and hotel quarantines. 

Our reporter from BBC Persian talks about his interview with one of the two survivors from the boat that sank in the English Channel last week.

(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)

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