Women Celebrate US Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Rights Monday June 27,2016

Thousands of women celebrated the verdict of the US Supreme Court against a controversial Texas abortion law as the greatest victory in the past three decades.

"Today (Monday June 27,2016), women across the nation have had their constitutional rights vindicated," said Nancy Northup, president of the Centre for Reproductive Rights, a lawyer representing the clinics affected by restricted abortion law in Texas.

The waiting before the doors of the Supreme Court turned into a party on Monday for abortion-rights advocates who sang Madonna's "Like a virgin" and Queen's "We are the champions".

The Texas law, which became unconstitutional, demanded abortion clinics to meet hospital-like surgical standards and that their patients have admitting privileges to be transferred to hospitals within 48 km away if necessary.

As a result, women had to travel to another state where abortion is permitted, which involves incurring expenses and absence from work, something that working class women could not afford