joining us now is congresswoman diana degette, co chair of the pro choice caucus in the house. nice to see you. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> so i will admit to being fuzzy on the language as to what has ended up being in this new iteration of the house republicans' abortion ban. do you understand what it is they're going to ask for a vote on in terms of these rape and incest provisions and all the rest? >> well, it just seems like they keep doubling down on the burdens on these victims. the rape -- what we understand is that the rape victims will now have to prove in writing that they made a complaint to a government agency or law enforcement agency. and same thing with the incest victims. which is just appalling to me to say somebody who has been the victim of incest now is required to report that to a law enforcement official or she can't get an abortion. i mean, once again, they are just -- they're just revictimizing the victims. it's the same kind of outrageous language that did make the republican women walk the last time. they had to pull the bill from the floor, wh

reporter: but as black and other republicans push for additional abortion bans, democrats like diana degettedo push back. degette, who has introduced bills to defend abortion access, argues that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional. and the question of viability at 20 weeks is misconstrued. >> very few women have abortions after 20 weeks and generally when that happens, it's because there are some very serious fetal abnormality that's gonna affect the health of the woman. so what this bill really does is say politicians are going to substitute their judgment in those few cases, for the judgment of the woman in consultation with her family and her physician. >> reporter: to degette and abortion supporters this bill is another assault on the rights of women to decide for themselves. the 20-week abortion ban has little chance of becoming federal law anytime soon, with tough hurdles in the senate and a guaranteed veto by the white house. but this week's vote is not just a symbolic gesture. conservatives are focused on a very particular target. that target sits on the u.s. supreme court. drew half