i've got to run, but nancy northam, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. from the legal now to the political, the texas law seems to be a win for republicans right now, but will it be for the long run? i want to bring in ashley allison, and charlie dent. you know, charlie, i didn't recognize, you come from this pedigree of republicans who will stand up and oppose their party on the abortion issue. i never knew that mary dent crisp, i should say, was an aunt of yours. please explain what happened in 1980. >> she was my father's sister. she was cochair of the republican national committee at the time, and leading republican from arizona, grew up in pennsylvania, but she objected to the party's position to turn its back on what was then the equal rights amendment and also women's reproductive rights and at the 1980 republican convention in detroit, she resigned and walked out over the whole issue. she warned at the time this was going to cost republicans a lot of women voters, and there would be deep political consequences, and she was right. there's been a g

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joining us now is nancy northam, she's president and ceo of the center of reproductive rights, -- to you, thanks for being here tonight >> thank you, and thank you so much rachel, for beginning with those stories from the preliminary junction motion, because it really shows what's been happening on the ground in the last two weeks since the law has been in effect >> what do you think of the strength of the case against the justice from the texas ban? and what do you make of the request for this junction against enforcing the band? it seems like the judge is obviously going to considerate. but on nobody's ideas of a quick timeline. >> well it's a very strong case that the department of justice has. it directly sued texas for violating the constitutional rights of texans. this is a clear violation of the constitution. you cannot band abortion six weeks, we have, the department of justice paper make clear 48 years of unbroken president about the right for people to make the decision for themselves. it is a strong case. and they filed their motion for preliminary junction yesterday. full

nancy northam is the president of the center for reproductive rights.sation a little bit because a first-week law student would know that a state that puts together a law that violates existing constitutional precedent has a problem. but here's your problem, is that they may take this case and they may be looking to change precedent. america is going to be woken up to how meaningless stare decisis is here because justices can change it whenever they want to. how worried are you? >> well, i have to start by saying i'm actually quite elated that the department of justice sued texas today. i mean, this is a game changer. it has never before happened before that the united states government has sued a state over an abortion restriction. so let's start with that. to your question about the precedent of roe versus wade and how secure is it in the supreme court, well, they have taken a case. it's our case from mississippi -- >> the dobbs case. >> which asked that question. so that will be coming before the court this fall. >> so the dobbs case in mississippi i