of the many stories that we need to tell of the -- what has happened after the dobbs decision as that -- the clinics like this that have had to shut down. and what that has meant to leave no options with any reasonable geographic area for so many women who need this essential care. again, it runs the gamut of reproductive health care. yes, it is abortion, it is also as i mentioned earlier, central and critical health care like paps like breast cancer screenings, things of that nature. i'm here to highlight that as they, i belief, intended consequences of the dobbs decision one of them has been for health care provider such as this in the states that have banned ouror outlawed accessory particular care, the clinics had to shut down and it is a travesty. it is a travesty. >> our next question. to your left, the ap. >> hi, you. [inaudible] can you give us a sense of what you have lost -- by coming here today? vice pres. harris: i don't know, maybe two dozen health care workers, who really care, really care about their patients. and who understand that in the health care delivery system,

what do you think the impact of dobbs has been? >> what i put in this book -- and i want to stick to that because dobbs is a recent case. i said, i haven't said anything in this book that i didn't write, so in that dissent the three of us wrote together, sotomayor, kagan, and myself, one of the things we said, what we feel, they think this will be will leave it all up to the states. we don't think it will be simple and we think there are a lot more cases coming up. what's going to happen when a woman's life is at stake and she needs the abortion? do you think if a state forbids that, that that won't come to the courts? i don't know. we thought it probably would, and we thought there would be a lot of issues coming to the courts, coming out of the decision to overrule roe versus wade. that's what we said in the opinion. >> well, and you also said the majority's refusal to consider the life-altering consequences of reversing roe in cases is a stunning indictment of its decision. >> we felt strongly on that case, yes. >> well, and i g

things don't you maybe think he had something to do-- they all hated dobbs, they think that dobbs isbad. three of 15 said maybe trump bore some partial responsibility for it. you know what? that sound about right to me. i've seen the people i lived with the people. that's what they think. they can't have all of t things in their heads. >> that's true part of the problems with democrats and here is where i think it's going to help and be aggressive on it you may have noticed na joe biden i doing great with people age 29 and younger, right? young folks, remember the focus group we did with the younger people. you know,'s like the same age of my grandma and she says a lot of problematic stuff. [laughter] >> and i think maybe he's like that. and you know so, but the thing that will get those people out, it's not going to be joe biden, but it is going to be those issues that it's going to be the contrast between joe biden saying i'll protect reproductive freedom and prosecute a case against republicans who want to get rid of it and donald trump will point to the justices that overturned r

you were on the court. >> let's talk about dobbs.ce dobbs, as you know, ended the constitutional right to get an abortion. you dissented. what do you think the impact of dobbs has been. >> what i put in this book and as doren jagr 6ye0aet mawothhomd we thought it probably would, and we thought there would be a lot of issues coming to the courts, coming out of the decision to overrule roe versus wade. that's what we said in the opinion. >> well, and you also said the majority's refusal to consider the life-altering consequences of reversing roe in cases. it's a stunning indictment of its decision. those are very strong words. >> we felt strongly on that case, yes. >> well, and i guess the question is do -- is what you anticipated come to pass? >> i want to stay away from -- it's not that i don't have answers for these things in my mind, but i want to stay away publicly from -- i want to stick as closely on a recent case as possible to what i said in this book, and i did my best to stick to as close as possible to what is already publi

right now dobbs is a life story. if abortion access were further restricted if congress were to enact a national ban, we'd begin to play the 1970's in reverse, watching a reduction in women's capacity to fully participate in the nation's economy. to conclude, however one feels about the ethics of making contraception and abortion aborn accessible, there's no denying the policies affect the economic lives of women and their families. reproductive autonomy is linked to economic opportunity. senator whitehouse: thank you. doctor? >> good morning, chairman whielthouse, ranking member grassley and december distinguished members of the committee. i am a board certified fellowship trained obstetrician gynecologist, maternal fetal medicine and complex family planning physician. i perform genetic testing, perform deliveries and provide abortion care. i'm here today as a fellow with reproductive health. i'm also a fellow with the american college of obstetrics and gynologist. i'm a brown woman who passes as white. a first gene

the dobbs decision did not criminalize abortion. the dobbs decision didn't do anything to affect the legal stus l of abortion other than to return the decision, the primary decision on abortion, back to the states. always been an issue that was before the states prior to roe verse wade and its progeny. dobbs simply undid roe and said this is a decision that most of the s time as we'reea the district f columbia at a military installation are, using government funds or something like that, isn't normally going to be federal action. and so they returned it back to where it was. now, states have been more or less out of this arena for about 50 years. they had been out of the arena for about 50 years as most abortions occurring in america couldn't be meaningfully restricted in light of roe v. wade and its progeny. states are getting back to that business now after it had been usurped by a judicial oligarchy of sorts for nearly half a century. so, yes, states will handle this differently, but states handle many things differently. everyth

wade two years ago in the dobbs decision.at the height of the presidential campaign. with all that, joining us now is yamiche alcindor, andrew weissmann and dr. patel. yamiche, to you. what are the questions in the court? what are the crowds saying in this first test of an abortion -- certainly, abortion-related procedure since dobbs? >> that's right. this is really the most consequential abortion case to come before the supreme court since this court overturned roe v. wade in 2022. we have been outside all day. there's a large crowd. mostly people who are pro-abortion rights. a large crowd of people saying, my body, my choice, echoing the language that you hear from the fda, which is that the pill is safe. it needs to be accessible to women. we have been talking to people who are against this abortion pill being accessible. let's listen to some of those anti-abortion protesters. >> i think that abortion is not health care. it's murder. i think that there are thousands of children dying every year. the majority is from pill a

samantha barry: did you see different people getting mad over alabama versus dobbs?ma is beyond. abortion has been a fairly majority of americans, including independents and republicans actually believe there should be the right to make the choices about your own body yourself and i think we have crossed the line where this is no longer an issue where people are dramatically opposed to each other on have different views, there is a strong middle where people agree and i think what is happening in alabama with the court case which makes it seem like we live in a theocracy really motivates people who maybe were not paying attention. samantha barry: sara, your work focuses on sexual and reproductive health in countries where that health system has been weakened by war or natural disaster. what is happening in the u.s., how is that having a ripple effect? sara casey: unfortunately we see the effects on reproductive rights in the global south. it has emboldened antichoice movements around the world. it threatens the local advancements in the sexual reproductive health and

that was before dobbs. that was before the legal landscape was volcanically uprooted by this supreme court, which has been captured by a fringe. some may have wondered why at that time i asked what seemed like a very far-fetched, object view its arcane question. a lot of people probably didn't even know what it meant. and they may have also wondered why justice barrett refused to answer such an obvious question with such a self-evident answer. wasn't it settled that ivf free trade agreement is not only legally protected -- ivf treatment is not only legally protected but also a scientific miracle. think of it for a moment. the science here that is now accessible to every american everyone in the world. and pro-family having children parents who wanted child and they may have wondered as well wasn't ivf the last best hope for so many people struggling with infertility desperately seeking to experience the miracle of childbirth for themselves? who could to that miracle in the lives of a family who would not on

after the dobbs decision a year and half ago, minnesota but abn rights are not only a minnesota issuea national issue. our planned parenthood hasse ine in minnesota since roe was overturned. we've seen nearlyin patients com outside of our state. this is not by accident. surrin abortion while minnesota, with the help of our governor, has been increasing access. since roe■a was overturned, i've cared for patients from ever, from nearby states like south dakota and north dakota, and wisconsin, but from far away states like texas, alabama, wyoming, florida, oklahoma, missouri, and the list goes on. i've seen patients who have flown from places like louise and only to have me tell her that her complex pregnancy condition would keep her from having her abortion herwiforcina dangerous pregnancy with a possible - where care is not available to her and her home state. traveling to access essential health care can be intimidating and overwhelming. it is not an easy thing to do, ded that it is. like the expense of our patient who traveled from a small town a owntown minneapolis with a dead cell

he did not get anyone to sign onto his concurrence in dobbs.esn't matter because he has an army of former law clerks sitting in places who hear these flares as they go up, listen to what he's saying, read the opinions, and then put them out in their own courts as part of the law in their circuits. that's what we're seeing in the fifth circuit, we've seen it before, and justice thomas has been shepherding this completely bogus narrative that abortion is linked to the eugenics movement and has been used as a tool to -- the african americantuant. no one else signed on in concurrence to his opinion saying that, but then it appeared in lower court opinions and appeared in the footnote in dobbs. he is the sort of evil genius behind all of this. and when he's done for the night, he goes back to his office and strokes a hairless cat and prides himself on what he's done. >> the end of bodily autonomy as we know it in this country. can you talk a bit about leah mitchell involved in this case. talked about him a lot. he's done a great and enormous amount

ladies, they quoted dobbs out of the gate, and the point being that dobbs created utter chaos.e died as a result of dobbs. no one knows whether you can be arrested in one state, not arrested in others. can you leave your state if you want to get an abortion? they weren't concerned about the chaos. then for you specifically, the legal defense fund is litigating, we have a map here of how many states you all are litigating questions about access to the ballot, questions about redistricting, questions about the right to vote. that's how many states. you can see it's most of the states. have an up in the air question about access to the ballot. what do you make of the majority, the conservative majority now saying oh, my god, we're concerned about chaos and, you know, the things happening differently in different states? >> you know, there are two matters, joy, that really are irksome about this division. there are many more. one is that our system of elections differs state to state always. in any manner of ways. you might be able to use a voter id in one state and not in another

samantha barry: did you different people getting mad over alabama versus dobbs? your point, it is beyond. abortion has been a fairly controversial issue in the united states, the strong majority of americans, including independents and republicans actually believe there should be the right choices about your own body yourself and i think we have crossed the line where this is no longer an issue where people are dramatically opposed to each other on have different views, there is a strong middle where people agree and i think what is happening in alabama the court case which makes it seem like we live in a really motivates people who maybe were not paying attention. samantha barry: sarah, your work focuses on sexual and reproductive health in countries where that healthd by war or nal disaster. what is happening in the u.s., how is that having a ripple effect? sarah casey: unfortunately wesel south. it threatens the local advancements in the sexual reproductive health and rights. we are seeing a lot of funding from the religious right going to fund anti-choice mov

when the high court dropped the dobbs decision, the results we have now were predicted.. what happens now if the court restricts mifepristone? a coauthor of the report joins me next to tell us. joins me next to tell us woah, a lost card isn't keeping this thrill seeker down. lost her card, not the vibe. the soul searcher, is finding his identity, and helping to protect it. hey! oh yeah, the explorer! she's looking to dive deeper... all while chase looks out for her. because these friends have chase. alerts that help check. tools that help protect. one bank that puts you in control. chase. make more of what's yours. file 100% free with turbotax free edition. roughly 37% of taxpayers qualify... form 1040 and limited credits only... see how at turbotax.com... that's me! >>> before the break, we told you what has happened since roe v. wade was overturned and we must focus now on what happens if the supreme court takes action against mifepristone. on tuesday, justices will hear oral arguments in a case against the most commonly used medication used in the country. barbara mcq

thank you both for being here just to be clear, and people are thinking, well, this is not the dobbsot truly whether to think that abortion can be legal or not or illegal. this is about access to abortion medication. but maybe for wondering why the justices even took a case like this. >> what's your thought >> well, i think in dobbs, you remember the line where they said that this was just a neutral opinion. we're returning the issue back to the people and their elected representatives. and every time abortion access has been on the ballot since then, abortion access has one. and so now what we see is not a fight over whether or not it should be legal or return to that neutral position. but whether or not women can have access to the drug that most women used to end early pregnancies. and so i think that this was a secondary attack on the right of women to exercise bodily autonomy. and they took it in order to test whether or not that access will remain available. >> many i mean, there was a time for the dobbs decision. everyone talked about and roe v. wade, frankly, about having a p

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dobbs centered on abortion exceptions.he bottom in amanda's roski here are arguing that state abortion bans with exceptions, either have to be interpreted broadly or that those exceptions fact violate state constitutions. so this litigation is continuing in states like texas, kentucky, tennessee, elsewhere. again, this is state constitutional litigation. it's not a direct challenge to dobbs, but it's designed to deal dogs a death of a thousand cuts. right. toay if th is the world dobbs is ushered, it's unworkable. we've seen two counts in two us supreme court cases on abortion in one term. after dobbs told us that the federal courts were out of this game, one of which involves fda's authority to approve mifepristone on a drug used in more than half of us abortions. the case also involves a claim that the fda never had the authority to make abortion pills available via. telehealth because anthony comstock's law never repealed and is argued make it a federal crime to make abortion related items. today, there's another case i

dobbs centered on abortion exceptions. women like kate cox, pictured at the bottom in amanda's roski here are arguing that state abortion bans with exceptions, either have to be interpreted broadly or that those exceptions fact violate state constitutions. so this litigation is continuing in states like texas, kentucky, tennessee, elsewhere. again, this is state constitutional litigation. it's not a direct challenge to dobbs, but it's designed to deal dogs a death of a thousand cuts. right. to say if this is the world dobbs is ushered, it's unworkable. we've seen two counts in two us supreme court cases on abortion in one term. after dobbs told us that the federal courts were out of this game, one of which involves fda's authority to approve mifepristone on a drug used in more than half of us abortions. the case also involves a claim that the fda never had the authority to make abortion pills available via. telehealth because anthony comstock's law never repealed and is argued make it a federal crime to make abortion relat

guest: right now abortion after the dobbs decision is left up to the states.tates can decide if abortion is at all available in their states. but this ruling, if supreme court sides with the anti-abortion doctors here, basically it will make it a lot more difficult to access medication abortion because it will say the f.d.a. was not correct when it rolled back restrictionstkw on who could provide, prescribe medication abortions. basically the f.d.a. saidt nonphysician providers could prescribe it. it could be preskraoeubt in telehealth, laettner a pregnancy, and rolling back those things would make it more difficult to access mifepristone in medication abortion even if your state says this is legal. the messenger: maya goldman reports for axios, their health care reporter on today's supreme court case taking a look at that abortion drug. find her work at the website at axios.com. thanks for your time. again, you can comment on that case. by the way if you are interested in hearing those arguments before the court from those sides presenting the cases, you can

and what happened with dobbs and i knew this was going to happen with dobbs and dobbs was a once in an, once in a half a century level seismic political event was the enthusiasm gap that had favored republicans as the out party and was going to power this midterm d away because suddenly we had a reason to be freaked out again. and you see that happen right after virginia. too late, right but a couple of months into, they leaked the memo and then ever since then, what we've seen is an overperformance. democrats in every election competitive of races where a lot of spending and campaigning effects were you implemented and then in places even really long shot stuff where there was like a token democrat running and there wasn't any money to field a campaign. and if you take all those races after. dobbs prior to dobbs, it's. 8.8. advantage for democrats, eight points. and that may change because, you know, we have more data sets going in. but i mean, new york was ten points, right, the other night. yeah so what that's saying to us is that the enthusiasm, turnout and the independent like th

remember the dobbs decision said, this ought to go back to the states. well, the states are divided nearly half had these bands. the other talk about putting in place ways to protect reproductive rights. and so we're turning to the states would not be an issue. the supreme court ruled in this it's way it would have the nationwide consequences of it. it would have an impact on miscarriage care. it would have an impact on being able to shut down telemedicine in this area about being able to make it only available up to the seven mark as opposed to ten week mark or even the 12 under the will tell organizations global decision about how long you could actually prescribe and use it and so this has really big conference, but mostly they can i just apply their logic to one drug if they think the fda is problematic, well, there's a whole lot of drugs out there in the market right now that would fall victim as well. >> yeah. you have to wonder what the implications are for the pharmaceutical industry in this country. and elliott, i mean what stands out to you in

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is this damage control post dobbs? what was the point of this? was it to give clarence thomas which is absurd manner of any manner of social issues? >> not exactly. the court has a structural problem. the structural problem is that anybody who wanted to file this case could go down to amarillo texas where judge matthew is, it's like putting your quarter in the candy bar making. the only judge you're going to get in amarillo was judge kaczmarek, and then they knew that after getting him, he would do something incredibly dopey like file a nationwide injunction, making it impossible for anyone in the country to get this drug. so we have a judge shopping problem in this country that i should note, the courts are trying to address now, but for the moment, the court has the problem of one rope judge, a rogue fifth circuit that last huge chunks of his irrational, indefensible logic, and the court had no choice but to take this case. i think as long as we have judges that are way, way to the fringes, judges who make samuel alito and clarence thomas look

he also weighed in on the future of dobbs. >> can you see a world of possibility in which dobbs is overturned one day in another 50 years, say? >> i don't know. >> it's possible? >> oh, it's possible, but who knows? >> breyer's comments come as the high court is set to hear arguments tuesday on whether to limit access to the abortion pill. >>> the white house wants to repeal part of the big spending package that just passed. the spending bill included a provision that effectively bans pride flags from flying over u.s. embassies. the measure bans most flags other than the american flag. a white house spokesperson says the president finds this to be an inappropriate abuse to the process and that the administration will work with members of congress to find a way to repeal it. >>> and russia four men have been charged over a mass shooting at a concert hall in moscow on friday. in their court appearances all four showed signs of ill treatment according to the associated press. one of them appeared to be barely conscious. two of the suspects admitted their guilt according to the court itself. at l

and he also weighed in on the future of dobbs. >> can you see a world of possibility in which dobbs is overturned one day in another 50 years, say? >> don't know. >> it's possible? >> oh, it's possible. but who knows. >> breyer's comments come as the high court is set to hear arguments tuesday on whether to limit access to the abortion pill. >>> in russia, four men have been charged over a mass shooting at a concert hall in moscow friday. in their court appearance, all four showed signs of ill-treatment, according to the associated press. one of them appeared barely to be conscious. two of the other suspects admitted their guilt, according to the court itself. at least 137 people are confirmed dead after the massacre. dozens are still missing. for the latest, let's go to josh lederman, who is tracking developments for us. good morning, josh. what's the latest? >> good morning, frances. the court in moscow says that all four of these detained suspects are citizens of tajikistan, the ex-soviet republic. they appeared to be badly beaten prior to that appearance in court. one of them had a