obviously what happened with roe versus wade i roe versus wade.viously what - happened with roe versus wade is the supreme court overturned that, but opened the door for individual states to ban or severely curtail abortion access, which is led to a kind of patchwork of access across the united states. we've seen it all being played out in the courts as well, and this particular court ruling, orthe well, and this particular court ruling, or the two we've had in the last day or so, some are describing as the most significant abortion related rulings since roe v wade was overturned because of what is potentially seeking to deal with the implications in terms of maybe limiting access or taking away the approval of a pill that's part of a 2—stage regiment used by many women across america, accounting for over half of abortions. but i have to say, i've reported from countries before, like malta, where abortion is banned, but many women still use or order these pills illegally. what or order these pills illegally. what is the role of _ or order these pi

wade, roe v.de gave powers to stay is to do as they wished on this issue, this would have been a ruling that affected the entire united states and it would have been a very overnight change as well. so a lot of people are spoken to, or we don't exactly know what's going on in the minds of the justices, this was a different type of decision to roe v. ~ ., g , a different type of decision to roev. roe v. wade. just quickly, remind us _ roe v. wade. just quickly, remind us why _ roe v. wade. just quickly, remind us why access - roe v. wade. just quickly, remind us why access to i remind us why access to mifepristone is important. fits i mifepristone is important. as i sa , it is mifepristone is important. as i say. it is used _ mifepristone is important. as i say, it is used in _ mifepristone is important. as i say, it is used in the _ mifepristone is important. " i say, it is used in the majority of abortions, as opposed to surgical procedures, it is but a me too drug regimen, the other drug used in

wade. this goes back to donald trump. when donald trump was running for office in 2016, he said i will only appoint justices who will reverse roe v. wade. so that made the political contrast much starker and he was right. he appointed three justices who joined with two other republican employees -- to reverse roe v. wade. there are plenty of times when i don't put stock in poll numbers but there are multiple polls, not just gallup that have documented what you are referring to. quickly court always seems to try to insulate itself from american society but how much of a concern are these approval ratings to the justices? >> your right to signal that she justice john roberts. i remember vividly something he said to you. it is a comment i incorporated into a couple of books now were he said the things the american public should know about us is that we are not political. we leave our affiliation at the door. the american public should see us as nonpolitical and he doesn't even like so many ide

wade was that on the question of whether you're pro choice or pro life before 2022. it was a fairly you know hard for question, right? pro choice was slightly ahead of pro life. but look what happened in 2022 pro choice is now up. 20 points on the pro life question. and this to me is important because this was one of the anti abortion activist. best questions right? it was one of the questions that tended to suggest we were 50 50 nation. but on this question now we are no longer a 50 50 nation . we are firmly approach choice nation, a pro abortion rights nation. what about mean other supreme court rulings. how has that affected the view? so you know, last year? obviously, robbi wade was overturned and i think you know, something that goes through the supreme court's mind, right is essentially how how legitimate are we in the minds of the american public, right? and what we saw was that following the overturning of roe v. wade we saw that the confidence in the supreme court had dropped to its lowest level ever over 50 years. lowest level gallops measuring, you know, u

but getting rid of roe versus wade. it has thrown the issue back on the table in the way that you may recall the supreme court decisions in the past. things like, for instance, over rafael in the gay marriage ruling that took a political hot button off the table. suddenly republicans weren't getting asked about that all the time by overturning roe versus wade has put it back on the table, and i think the pro life movement and republicans have been really flat footed and being able to respond to this new political reality. that's why you're seeing them not come out and make statements quite as much. kirsten i mean, how concerned should abortion rights advocates be about what's going to happen in the fifth circuit and possibly back the supreme court? i think very concerned because i think what this is showing is exactly how radical that people are who oppose abortion rights? because this is a situation where where did these judges get off? overturning the fda? this is it's insane, right? like in any normal world. we would

wade was overturned.could significantly change the landscape of abortion rights in this country. if restrictions on mifepristone go into effect, and impact women in states even where abortion is legal. >> we should not be in a position where politicians and judges who do not have medical backgrounds are making decisions about medical care. >> rachel scott joining us outside the supreme court and we are waiting on the decision tonight, supreme court watchers says the delay that there is some disagreement among the justices. if >> reporter: exactly, veteran court watchers say that there could be multiple opinions in the work for less. it not only bracing for the decision about preparing for a very long legal fight ahead. tonight all eyes on the supreme court. >> whit: we will stand by for the important ruling, rachel, thank you. it turned into the deadly inferno on a busy dredge of of i-95 closing the highway in both directions for a time, a fuel tanker rolling over on the gold star bridge and fire spreadin

wade.more on all of this and the fight to keep abortion legal and accessible, we are joined by two guests. julie burkhart is president of wellspring health access and co-owner of hope clinic. she worked for eight years with dr. george tiller before he was assassinated in church in 2009. last may, her clinic that was set to open in just weeks, was firebombed by an antiabortion arsonist. her recent piece for salon is headlined "i own the only abortion clinic in wyoming: post-roe america is a tragedy, and an opportunity." we're also joined by michele, visiting professor of law at harvard law school. she is founding director of the center for biotechnology and global health policy. she hosts the ms. magazine podcast "on the issues with michele goodwin" and author of "policing the womb: invisible women and the criminalization of motherhood." last year, she wrote a guest essay for "the new york times" headlined "i was raped by my father. an abortion saved my life." we welcome you both back to dem

wade.ble down with more ant abortion legislation and mor antiabortion candidates. this week idaho passed a new law, creating a crime called abortion trafficking, whic means if you help a person younger than 18 years ol travel for an abortion procedure, or systemic picking up abortion medication without permission of the parent o guardian, you could face jai time if you're an aunt, uncle trying to help your -- democratic state representativ had this to say about the ne law. >> my mom would say that she paid it forward, she and my da did for us, i want to do tha for my grandkids but i can't encourage my two daughters to settle in idaho with the laws we have on the books. i would be terrified to have m daughters try to carry a pregnancy here this is not a safe place to be pregnant, i think the statut is tearing families apart. >> from an elected official in idaho, idaho is no longer safe place to be pregnant the list goes on of course, on friday a conservative federa judge in texas suspended t

which is what roe versus wade did. supreme court took that out of theha discussion among the american people or the halls of congress of the state legislatures until you not pass a law regardless of where the consensus was effectively allowing abortion on demand till the time ofid delivery. this is now being debated in the state legislatures around the country. thank you, mr. chairman for rec center from texas mention my name several times i would like to make a point for the record. a physician in pennsylvania was found guiltyna on three charges murdering babies born alive in his clinic after botched late-term abortions was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter the death of open his undergoing an abortion in his care. he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. right the senator this happened while roe versus wade was law oe the land suggesting to some it would have conduct is plain wrongi. folks think it mr. germany do not need to remind me. >> enter klobuchar for. >> thank you for s

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out of wade county. >> he is florida.beloved, and he loves the community, and they love him back. the reality is, he knows he has to protect zion. he has to protect his daughter. so prioritizing her needs as a trans youth who might want to seek gender affirming care, for example, which is banned in florida, who might want to talk about her gender identity in school which is banned in florida, is the right move. but sadly, that's not a move a lot of parents can make. not just in florida. i'm thinking about texas, montana, all the other states where these anti-trans bills are being passed which we know will cause irreparable damage and harm. >> you know, charlie, i don't understand the politics of it. i'll be honest. as somebody who works in campaigns for a hot minute, being cruel and driving dwyane wade out of your state, and maybe triggering him to campaign against you in a presidential election, marjorie taylor greene going after randi weingarten and saying she's not a real mom because she's a stepmom and because she's l

wade? where will they rule against abortion rights? >> you have a conservative court that has mad unprecedented decisions to rollback roe v. wade think about it right there this could go right along with rolling back abortion issues for this court the issue i what the fda said about th safety versus what texas i deeming not safe the question is what is safe and what is not? say that's what the suprem court wants to contend wit with the texas ruling if i indeed goes to the supreme court. >> to go too far, april, for all of you april we'll be righ back with me in just a few minutes to react to th explosive report about supreme court justice, clarence thomas and the calls for reform on th high court >> - vice president kamala harris made a last-minute trip to nashville to meet with democrats after two were expelled by republicans from the house there. and pcs, priscilla thompson, i in nashville priscilla, what are we hearing from the lawmakers this weekend? >>, alex those lawmakers are saying that they are going t continue fighting on the

does the court want to have to wade back into abortion so soon after the overturning of roe versus wade? good morning, michael. it's nice to be with you, based on what the slim majority said back on june 24th when they struck down abortion rights. the answer is no. they do not want this still at their court. just consider what justice samuel alito, who wrote for the majority, said it's time to return this issue to the states to elected legislators. hardly it's still with judges, frankly and then brett kavanaugh the key fifth vote in this case. added. this is a moral issue is a policy issue. it should be with the states and one of the things that brett kavanaugh said back in june, when they struck down constitutional abortion rights nationwide was we are not outlawing abortion nationwide. he wanted to make sure that was clear. but if that texas ruling becomes actually the law of the land effectively, much of abortion will be outlawed nationwide. i have golf. i have the masters on the brain this weekend. i take it therefore, that nobody wants a mulligan. nobody wants a do over. you think

wade was overturned. but with roe v. wade was overturned the point there was to return the power to the states returned the power to the people to the representatives of the people. and in this case, it's one judge with tremendous power. with federal implications nationwide . federal implications here, rosa thank you, ellie. if i could just get back to what rosa was talking about, i mean, what grounds? do these plaintiffs have to have a judge effectively overruled 20 years of expertise handed down by the fda. so the judge couches his terms in terms of procedural nuance, and it's clear by the way that the judge recognizes just how bizarre this is that he's taking a medication that was approved in the year 2023 years ago, and he sort of opens the opinion by saying, well, you might you reader might be wondering why now how am i? a judge able to come in this far after the fact and essentially overruled the fda, and he basically says it's the f d a s fault they've been delaying and dragging their feet. but we're talking about

wade was the uncomfortable middle ground for america?i think dobbs is the uncomfortable middle ground where people will say there's no one opinion and no one group has the ability to impose their will upon the other, and so, you know, dobbs, i think, was the correct decision >> are you going to vote against any attempt at creating a federal standard considering that you believe this goes back to the states whether attempt whether it's -- at one time you had supported a 20-week bill would that ever -- would you ever be open to that, or do you think at this point always leave it to the states >> first, i think that the dobbs decision is the correct decision you can give me theoreticals all day longpr i am pro-life, by the way. i am pro-life, and the fact is you will need 60 votes to get something through the senate what tammy baldwin was talking about that there will be no restrictions on the states upon abortion meaning the child can come through the birth canal and still be aborted no that's wrong most americans think that's wrong. tammy

wade. he did not want to go so far, so fast.n roberts has been with the others on the conservative side to rollback racial remedies, restrict regulations, and m of that involves reversing precedent. lowering the wall of paration between church and state, diminishing the ability of the federal government to regulate the environment public health safety. on social policy issues, many ongoing clashes between religious interests in lgbtq rights. i think we're going to increasingly see the court siding with religious interests. >> have you seen the change in the three remaining liberal justices and how they respond? >> let's take justice elana kagan. she of the three remaining could align herself with the center to broker a deal. she would work with chief justice john roberts and justice stephen breyer, who has retired, to bring about a compromise. she doesn't have a partner in that effort toward five votes. i found she's louder in her dissent, and moving almost more to the left to complainbout the majority's rulings to call attentio

wade. >> supreme court has got to go!> reporter: president biden vowed to fight the decision, writing friday, "if it were to stand, there would be virtually no prescription approved by the fda that would be safe from these kinds of political ideological attacks. the texas s case now goes to ththe conserervative fififth circuiuit, but in t the short-t-term, the drug is still available. it is unclear if the washington ruling which asks for the medicationon to be kept on the market will also be appepealed if both arare heard at ththe circuit level, it's s unlikely this will be resolved in the courts any time soon. >> i would not expect there to be much change in the actual law for at least several months, perhaps upwards of a year. >> reporter: with the supreme court, which currently has a conservative majority, watching to see how that plays out. >> what is most likely to happen is that there will be a split in the circuit, so the fifth circuit will rule one way, the ninth circuit will rule a different way, and the supreme

this is a court that had a majority to overturn roe vs wade.we read that there wasn't a majority to let this ban go into effect? well, the important thing to remember is this was not a decision on merits, this was something that, as your correspondent said, lower courts had approved, it was a pretty bold move, courts have not said that the fda is wrong to have passed on the safety of a drug before and overturned such a thing, so it was a pretty bold move. and all the supreme court did tonight was leave things in place while these legal fights continue. we also saw a _ these legal fights continue. we also saw a descent from samuel alito and clarence thomas that was published as well. what can we take away, glenn from that descent? .,, we take away, glenn from that descent? ., , ., descent? those early the two members _ descent? those early the two members of _ descent? those early the two members of the _ descent? those early the two members of the court - descent? those early the two members of the court that. descent? those early the two | mem

wade and planned parenthood v. casey. in doing, so the supreme court unleashed a torrent of unnecessary uncertainty, fear that the future of the protections for women's health and their rights to life, liberty and safety. justice thomas's concurring opinion placed all privacy rights on highlight, save for interracial marriage, a status enjoyed by the justice himself. it for all other privacy rights, including marriage equality, access to contraception, freedom from state imposed sterilization and more, his concurrence remains a cause for serious alarm. despite the promise protections articulated by the majority and justice kavanaugh, that freedom of travel would be preserved and that it's dismantling of rome would return abortion rights to the states, today some legislatures are seeking to dispossess citizens of access to the ballot. whether by enacting provisions making it more difficult to vote or engaging in efforts to rewrite states laws related to ballot and initiatives and referenda. there by introducing anti democr

wade and planned parenthood v. casey. in doing, so the supreme court unleashed a torrent of unnecessary uncertainty, fear that the future of the protections for women's health and their rights to life, liberty and safety. justice thomas's concurring opinion placed all privacy rights on highlight, save for interracial marriage, a status enjoyed by the justice himself. it for all other privacy rights, including marriage equality, access to contraception, freedom from state imposed sterilization and more, his concurrence remains a cause for serious alarm. despite the promise protections articulated by the majority and justice kavanaugh, that freedom of travel would be preserved and that it's dismantling of rome would return abortion rights to the states, today some legislatures are seeking to dispossess citizens of access to the ballot. whether by enacting provisions making it more difficult to vote or engaging in efforts to rewrite states laws related to ballot and initiatives and referenda. there by introducing anti democr

wade, i appointed three of them in the got the job done. they relegated decisions back to the states and i am fine with that. he came under withering criticism from the susan b anthony groups, the other antiabortion groups, saying that does not go far enough, we will not support a candidate unless they want the federal ban on abortion nationwide. lisa: as you said, the subtext is 2024. i did some math, this case that john young was talking about, temporary, but the merits could get to the supreme court this fall, it is being fast tracked. this that mean we could have a decision by spring of 2024? could you help us understand what that would do in a presidential race? >> absolutely. we saw how roe played out in the midterms and how beneficial it was, especially when it came down to boosting turnout. democrats and the white house are consisting -- consistently betting on that. while they are celebrating now, politically speaking, this decision, had it gone the other way, could have been a little more beneficial. which is why they are regroupi

wade. we have a tendency to scare people into thinking that abortion is completely illegal. i've heard that from multiple people on the ground that that was something that happened in the wake of the leaked draft opinion, and that can be really damaging to your point is that if it were to go this way, and if they were to block access, there would still be states where you can get this medication. not so it's kind of complicated with where it's a little unclear exactly where we are legally with which states would be able to access it because there's just so many different court cases going on right now. now i think they might want to, like, sort of warmly disagree. actually i think this is really different from dobbs right so arguably from a sort of conservative jurist, jurisprudential point of view, one could argue that that dobbs and overturning roe versus wade was allowing states to have different regimes and we could have different different rules in different states. but this is taking a federally approved medication off the market completely. this is not allowing states

wade the issue now goes back to the federal appeals court. many people believe that after that court rules, it will come back to the supreme court, and the justices will once again way into the issue on whether or not the fda had the authority 20 years ago to approve this drug, but for now, it is available in the states that allow abortion. fredricka ariana vogue. thank you so much. alright so many questions still about how this will impact access to abortions nationwide. cnn's isabel rizal is here with more on this. so despite the ruling there a lot of other restrictions already in place, depending on what state and jurisdiction you're in. right and what this all proves is that the fight over abortion access is not going anywhere. really. since the overturning of roe v. wade we have seen on the ground a manifestation of a patchwork system where abortion policy is largely left up to the states and blue states. we've seen protections come about to protect abortion access and rut states. restrictions or outright bans against abortion. by 2022 j

wade precedent that protected abortion rights nationwide.omments in a "wall street journal" article published friday dismissing the idea it was leaked but one of the five conservative judges. alito also said in the interview he doesn't have proof enough of who was behind the leak to actually name the person. cnn's jessica schneider has more details. >> reporter: justice alito speaking out to the "wall street journal" and pointing fingers when it comes to that leak of the draft opinion last spring overturning roe v. wade, saying that he has a, quote, pretty good idea about who did it but acknowledging he doesn't have enough proof. and justice alito here implying that he believes that the leaker was likely someone who did not want roe v. wade overturned as it ultimately was when the court issued its 5-4 decision last june. the justice also seems to be throwing cold water on this theory that a conservative justice or someone linked to the conservative side leaked the draft last may to lock in the votes. justice alito telling the story, that's i

wade last year. on friday, a trump-appointed antiabortion judge in texas revoked the food and drug administration approval of the abortion pill misoprostol, which is part of the most common abortion method in the united states. shortly after the texas ruling was announced, a federal judge in washington state ordered the fda to keep mifepristone on the market and maintain the status quo. the drug was approved by the fda 23 years ago. of studies have proven the drug hundreds to be highly safe and effective. the judge in texas, matthew kacsmaryk, based his ruling in part on the 1873 comstock act which banned the interstate mailing or distribution of "obscene" materials. on friday night, the justice department appealed the texas ruling. in a statement, attorney general merrick garland said -- "today's decision overturns the fda's expert judgment, rendered over two decades ago, that mifepristone is safe and effective. the department will continue to defend the fda's decision." with the dueling rulings in

wade.he supreme court put a temporary hold on a lower court ruling on the abortion pill while the court considers the biden administration's request to preserve fda approval of the drug. the state keeps the abortion pill widely for now with another decision expected by wednesday to try to clear some of this up. in theory with the dobbs decision, they thought they were sending abortion back to the states and clearly, that is not the case. the dobbs decision is not popular with the public while 61% of voters disapprove the decision to overturn roe, 65% of republicans a rufed of it. republican elected leaders are well aware of what abortion presents. they've struggled to answer simple questions about where they stand on abortion rights and access. this week florida governor ron desantis quickly signed a six-week abortion ban and he did it behind closed doors and he never mentioned what he did in his speech. donald trump has repeatedly refused to say if he would support a law that would restric

wade. is that your view? >> well, we need to have the women's health protection act, which has been introduced in the house and senate, pass the house twice last year. with the exception of filibuster we need to have that enacted so that we could restore the right to abortion in every single state in the united states in the district o columbia where it is a beloved out. we do that when it's all protection act they would need to be member of congress willing to do that and people are realizing now since the reversal of roe, tha congress does have the power t fix this >> how do people like this where the idea that th majority of americans believ that the access to abortio should be legal, which is very different question than whethe not you like abortion. that is not a relevant question i don't like getting m appendix out either but th right to have that done is something we need to preserve. how do you square the idea tha most americans do not want these restrictions, they demonstrate that

wade. i am still confused i think i've got it straight state representative barbree heart. thank you very much. i want to go now to the idah state representative laure necochea a democrat and minority leader in the idaho house can you respond to what we jus heard from state representativ e heart. i do think we need - >> yes, simone, thank you fo having me and shining a ligh on the situation and idaho the extreme abortion bans. these 25,000 dollar cash awards these bounties that family members can sue providers for. it's still in effect they were put into law as workaround around roe v. wade. they are still there representative e hearts firs version of the bill actually strengthens the penalties. it made them harsher for providers saying those cas flows have to come out of th doctor's pockets not medical insurance. it's something on the book right now in idaho okay now on the case of this hous bill 2:42, the supreme court's job decision and my reading, i seems to provide folks and idaho a pr

wade, which no eventually happened at the end of last june.estingly he is also pouring water, coldwater, on this idea that it was a conservative who leaked this draft. because some of the theories go that conservatives leaked it to try to lock in that 54 vote. justice alito's responding to that theory saying that's infuriating to me. look, dismayed as targets of unfasten. what i do that myself? would the five of us has done that to ourselves? it's quite implausible. this is quite an extensive interview by justice leader to the wall street journal. he talks about safety for the justices, how big a threat in the past year, and also talked about lamenting the recent attacks on the legitimacy of the courts, saying this. this type of concerted attack on the cordon on individual justices's new during my lifetime. we are being hammered daily, and i think quite unfairly in a lot of instances, and nobody practically, practically oh but he's defending us. this is really the first time he has spoken so extensively about security the courts, security for

this is a court, as we know, that had a majority to overturn roe v wade.ajority to let this ban go into effect? well, the important thing to remember is that this was not a decision on the merits. this was something that, as your correspondent said, lower courts had approved. it was a pretty bold move. courts have not said that the fda is wrong to have passed on the safety of a drug before and overturn such a thing. so it was a pretty bold move and all the supreme court did tonight was leave things in place while these legal fights continue. we also saw a dissent from samuel alito and clarence thomas that was published as well. what do you think we can take away glean from that dissent? well, i think those are the two members of the court that are probably the most conservative. they have expressed concerns about this drug before. and so while they said they weren't making a decision on the merits, you know, these were the two justices you would think would be most likely. the rest of the court didn't really explain its reasoning for this. but, you know, i

wade was to let individual states make these decisions. so i have no problem with these debates and i have no problem with peoplest cassing their votes. this was the point of the movement to get rid of roe in the first place. so, you know, i have thought since roe came down it would take a couple of years for the state laws to settle out and that's, obviously, happening before our very eyes and people have values but they also have politics to look at and they are hearing from constituents and i think ultimately that's going to lead to some interesting shapes on laws out there. but it's not going to be instant. i think it's going to take a few more months or years for these things to settle out even in places you don't expect. >> coleman, how do you see it? >> i think when roe v. wade was overturned a lot of people felt this was going to be the instant end of abortion rights in roughly half the country. i think we are seeing that that turned out not to be true, that as he said, there is more diversity of opinion than i think democrats woul

wade? well, now supreme court justice sam alito telling the wall street journal he thinks he knows who leaked it and why. alex alexandria hoff has more inside the beltway. >> hey, david. this week marks one year for the subsequent leak for the source which they were unable to determine as we know. the breakthrough interview with the wall street journal he thinks that the marshal did a good job and evidence was lacking to reveal somebody. he said i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but different than the level of proof needed to name somebody. as for motivation, he said, quote, it was part of an effort to prevent the dobbs draft from becoming the decision of the court. and that is how it was used for the six weeks by people on the outside as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court. well, justice alito's draft opinion on dobbs v jackson's women's health did turn into a final ruling despite protests of advocates including outside of the homes of justices. an ar

wade president. cnn's kevin liptak is at the white house forest. kevin what is the president saying about all of this? well certainly, the president has advisers breathing a sigh of relief after that decision came out yesterday, but certainly no one in the white house really believes this is the end of the road. good and what you hear from president biden's advisers is that they are prepared for quite a lengthy legal fight. going ahead in the president did get at that. in his statement, he released it really within minutes of this decision last night, he said, as a result of the supreme court stay mifepristone remains available and approved for safe and effective use while we continue this fight in the courts continue to stand by fda is evidence based approval of method per stone. and my administration will continue to defend fda as independent expert authority to review approved and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs. so i think knowledge mint there that while this is a victory for the biden administration, certainly they have a long road

wade ruling. agree gis lee wrong from the dobbs decision or felt across the country as so called trigger laws take effect in about a dozen states banning or severely limiting abortion in states like mississippi, texas and oklahoma republican controlled state legislatures race to outlaw the procedure back back commence over abortion access some state supreme courts, like in south carolina, step in and block abortion bans and other states. the highest courts ruled the band's complying with their state constitutions. meanwhile others like south dakota widen the scope passing a law prohibiting the use of telemedicine to administer medication. abortion midterm elections. we're going to have to make it a federal right. voters in many states reject the most extreme versions of abortion bans and california, michigan and vermont voters enshrined the right to abortion in their state constitutions. state legislatures return to session some states move forward on more restrictive measures just this month in a

roe versus wade? or is that because of the numbers? it's just not really going anywhere for the time being. well i think the first thing is that the responsibility for enforcing the law, which is on our side lies with the courts, and they must enforce the law. second of all we have seen in minnesota and across the country that this issue of reproductive freedom is a galvanizing issue for voters, and i believe that it will be a central issue and the 2024 elections just like it was in 2022 here in minnesota. here in minnesota, where there was a lot of conversation with voters around reproductive freedom, we elected a democratic governor and lieutenant governor , democratic state house and senate and they are in the process of passing a state law. putting into, um putting into our state law. basic protection for reproductive freedom. we need to do that at the federal level two. we need a federal law protecting reproductive freedom, and that's why elections matter and when we get the votes, we need to make it happen. let me ask you this co

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wade, sehow do you get roe v. wade? what does that mean? let's get roe v wade.oes that mean you vanish? he was much better with the cue cards, the little cheat sheets last week, i think. >> but if you didn't tell me that this wasn't a parody, i would say, who did this? those are good deep fakes. scary. all right, raymont, it's time for your three wishes, three wishes, anythingn't three wishes, anythingn't >> oh, well, well now. yeah. okay, okay. well the other day was bring your child to work day and i wellg video. irstk day and i so my first wish is what that white house staffers would stop exposing children to joe biden. it upsets the kids and confuses. the biden. >> whaets the t was the last couny you traveled to ? the last country i've traveled america with .i'm tryi i've ba with .i'm tryi been to eighty nine .ads of >> s i met with eighty nine heas of state so far . so i'm trying to think of the last where's the last placew i was. it's haras d to keep track. >> i mean, yeah, you're right. ireland. where >> i that's where i was. how did you know that. >> i h

wade.ved over the objections of the fda which legal experts sa could have reproductions for - other types of drugs such as hormone replacement ther before trans people. leaving advocates worry that conservative judges across america will become agents i the broader efforts on behal of the right-wing morality with, rulings many of you ma be asking, what comes next joining me now is the senior correspondent at new yor magazine and coauthor of the notorious rpg, the life an times of ruth bitter ginsburg. good to see you. thanks for joining us on this. it is complicated on a lot of, levels billet start with something basic. there's a thing called venue shopping, when people want t achieve something in a court they try to find a jurisdictio that will be most favorable fo them it seems that the plaintiffs i this thing that ended up wit the texas judge were the epitome of that. >> right, so first you have th trump administration laying th groundwork here by finding young ideological gymnasts this

wade. >> i got a scooplet out this morning.ntinuation doesn't really have the ability to pass that lechlk lags we pee're seeing this from congressman pat ryan to shore this up. what complications are there while the courts figure this out? >> well, as you mentioned, that is a tough battle. you know, federal legislation, the votes aren't there right now, but it's something a lot of democrats support oonld have been pushing for in terms of other options, washington state's got announced last week they have stocked up on the supply, three, four years worth of mifepristone that they think they could supply. it will be interesting to see if other states take similar steps sort of in this brief window that we may have where mifepristone is still available. the last thing, ali, there are ways to get the pill online. there are overseas employee providers and other groups that have other aboorks drugs there are a lot of questions about the legalities of that many patients are worried and providers, what that would mean for patients who

. >> turning briefly to abortion you signed an executive order immediately after roe v wade was overturnedut cooperating with any neighboring governments trying to prosecutor investigate and you did that even before idaho came in with their loss why was that important to do that and how is that working out now that states are cracking down quick. >> it's important obviously because those that want to have vigilante justice to go across the border to take this away from women in my state we knew that would happen and is happening that is an effort with these medical abortions people are trying to stop the fda to have access so it is a clear and present danger so we are trying to protect the privacy of women so they cannot have access to medical records so even with retail behavior if you don't protect that privacy to allow those vigilantes to target women in our state so to increase privacy protection to use that court system to have used the privilege so those two bills to address that and where are they at the moment quick. >> some of them you have to draft the's carefully but i think we

wade in the running and the run up to the dobbs decision. many republicans did not want anything to do with that decision. in fact, they were eager to while they supported the idea of overturning abortion rights, they do not want to embrace that, given the concerns about potential political backlash, you're seeing something similar here in this case as well. i've talked to a number of top republicans, none of them several of them say we're going to wait for the rulings to actually play out before we actually take a position on this issue. one of them, senator john cornyn is a member of the republican leadership. i asked him about this decision he supports striking down these fda rules. he would not go that far, even as we're seeing a completely different reactions from democrats who have tried to seize on this potential that this this medication will no longer be available to women nationwide. it's there have been a press conference after press conference rally after rally trying to do something that they did back in the last election cycle.