Majority of US women disapprove of Trump's presidency

Conservatives cannot afford to lose female votes to maintain the control of Congress.

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    Women are expected to play a crucial role in the 2018 midterm elections in the United States.

    President Donald Trump's attempts to curtail abortion rights and more recently the appointment of a supreme court judge accused of sexual assault angered many of them.

    But many others still back the president and his party.

    Al Jazeera's White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett reports.

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