durbin amendment. they're been important actions taken by the department of justice and the federal trade commission. the federal trade commission does not have jurisdiction over banks, but it does have jurisdiction over the card networks. the federal trade commission has forced visa to change the way that consumers are told about their choices in using swipe card machines, and the department of justice in particular went after visa's acquisition of plaid, a nascent competitor that does important work. i look forward to working with the committee on other solutions and i support your talking about having a disclosure on your bank and credit card statement that says how many swipe fees have paid. consumers don't know what a swipe fee is. that they would know. sen. durbin: thank you. mr. kim from commerzbank. >> good morning chairman durbin, making member grassley and members of the committee. i am pleased to testify on the behalf of commerce. it is a midsized bank founded in 1865 in kansas city. we empl

durbin: it was our intention last week.ot know if the senator rand paul will find new ways to slow us down. we should not waste a minute. david: the nation was horrified with the shooting in buffalo, which was by someone who claimed to be a white supremacist specifically targeting black citizens. it was not the only shooting over the weekend. five years ago, you proposed the domestic terrorism prevention act. why couldn't you get that done and how might that help the situation? sen. durbin: the senate is divided 50-50 so it is difficult to take anything associated with controversy and bring it before us. the fbi identified before our committee that homegrown terrorism was the greatest threat to our security in this country and the identified white supremacist groups and white nationalist groups come in this case it appears to be a lone wolf in buffalo, but he still was motivated by some of this racist rhetoric that has even found its way into tupper carlsen -- tucker carlson's show on fox with regularity. with that sort of

chair durbin. and, i want to first ask because as you know mister chair, one of my jobs is the chair of a subcommittee on trust. i do a lot in that area. i thought i would take a different approach and ask you about this mr. kantor. today a number of our witnesses have testified about a lack of competition in the credit and debit card market. higher interchange fees that could high that could hurt consumers, merchants and do you think that a stronger -- could lead to more markets debit and credit card markets. >> thank you senator, i do think more and better anti-trust -- would be welcome here. it's needed. and this is an area where the antitrust division of the department of justice has been active over time. as has the federal trade commission. but there is a lot more to be done and this goes on for a very long time. . >> there's still a big puzzle how these rules and these fees get set. and absolutely, some more enforcement would be welcome. >> very very good. >> in your opinion, and you know yo

that is why we need the durbin amendment. we need to expand the durbin amendment. there have been important actions taken by the department of justice and federal trade commission. the federal trade commission doesn't have jurisdiction over banks, but it does have jurisdiction over card networks. the federal trade commission has forced visa to change the way that consumers are told about their choices in using swipe card machines. the department of justice, in particular, went after visa's acquisition of plat, a competitor that does a lot of important work. i look forward to working with the committee on solutions. i strongly support you are talking about having a disclosure on your bank and credit card statements that says how many swipe you paid. consumers do not know what a swipe fee is. then, they would know. >> thank you. mr. kim from commerzbank. >> good morning. i am pleased to testify before you today on behalf of commerzbank team members who serve communities up and down america's heartland. commerce is a midsize bank founded in kansas. we employ talented

we wanted dick durbin and tammy duckworth. there's a vote in the united states senate and they're unable to be here. they're two of the most genuinely reliable people i've worked with. and i want to thank tom vilsack. some and i became friends. tom has forgotten more about farming than most people will ever learn. i'm sure this room knows as much. but the idea, tom talks about how critically important that agriculture is to the united states in every single solitary way. but the real reason i'm here is to thank the american farmers, thank farmers. you feed america. you got us through a pandemic and you're literally the back bone of our country. it's not hyperbole. but you also feed the world. and we're seeing with putin's war in ukraine, you're like the backbone of freedom. i was at a factory not long ago, eight days ago down in alabama and they make javelin missiles to help the ukrainians stave off the russians, beat them back in their aggression. and i pointed out that the true point that america's a democracy, that's what t

durbin: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. all opposed no, the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 628 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 628 designating may 21, 2022, as kids to parks day. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senato

[applause] >> thank you, senatorin durbin. this is a very serious moment in our country for women and for our healthcare. that is why we are here today. if this elite supreme court decision is accurate it will have grave consequences for women all across our country. it would be the ultimate intrusion into a woman's right to privacy. the ultimate intrusion into aag woman's right to privacy. imagine what this would mean for a 12-year-old in michigan who is raped. if roe v wade falls, michigan will revert back to a 1931 law that makes abortion at any stage a felony with no exceptions for rape or incest. who should decide what is best for this 12-year-old? the girl and her family working with her doctor based on their ownse faith? or a right wing supreme court and republicans and the united states senate? imagine what this means for a woman who learns that the pregnancy that she has wanted so desperately isn't viable. and her own life is at risk. who should decide what happens to her? the woman supported by her family and her doc

i was struck in my interview with dick durbin when i asked him about guns. an issue that's going to get addressed. i don't sense there's the fight there for democratic voters or for democratic politicians. can that be an issue that breaks through? again, if we're operating on a theory there's only so many issues that are going to matter to voters, can democrats capture an anti-gun voter base to make -- >> he has very much a constituency that believes in safe right guns. that's something realistically in the democratic party they're not going to want to touch. is it good for america? no. i think we need to have sensible gun laws. when we've talked about minority communities, we fail to recognize we're talking about 145 million americans. we're over 40% of this population. there's nothing minority about us and when we walk outside and we are concerned that you are children are going to get targeted because of the color of their skin, we need to have frank conversations about what the change in denomination means. they're talking about a future that's already i

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, last week americans woke up to the news that was perhaps not unexpected but still stunning. it appears that in a matter of weeks we may soon live in a country where women have fewer constitutional rights than their parents or grandparents. in one bold move, the ultra conservative, activist majority on the supreme court appears poised to erase the constitutional right to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. i want to be clear, the leak of the majority draft opinion in dobbs v. jackson women's health organization is an unprecedent the breach of the court's confidential deliberations. it may harm the trust the justices have in one another as well as the public's trust in the court. still, one must wonder -- why is it that our republican colleagues have been focused so exclusively on the leak of the draft opinion rather than the substance of the opinion itself, and why do we hear in the last few days a continuing reference to the security of supreme court justice

one last question because i know you have had a long hearing, as senator durbin pointed out. last november, booker and i sent a letter to the attorney general about the proliferation of so-called gun modification devices, which can effectively turn a semi automatic into a fully automatic. these devices can sadly be purchased cheaply online or 3d printed. they are often imported from overseas. they can be purchased for as little as $19. how can the atf help local law enforcement, you talk about that partnership, to address these legal -- illegal devices? >> i am generally familiar with the problems involving converting weapons that are legal weapons into illegal weapons and automatic weapons fall into that category. i do not know about where things stand, currently on that. but i would commit to you, that i can confirm i can look into that and i would love to work together to find solutions. >> well, thank you, i wish you well and i hope we can get through your nomination -- get your nomination on swiftly. >> before i adjourn today's hearing, i want to make a quick logistical

durbin: thank you, mr. president. the hardest job in america during the pandemic certainly fell on the shoulders of our health care heroes. we owe a great debt of gratitude to the sacrifice and integrity they showed during this challenge. is but i want to add another category, and that would be the category of parents, particularly of newborn infants during the pandemic. they've dealt with school closures and covid lockdowns, rising prices at the checkout counter, and for parents with kids under the age of 5 the wait for covid vaccine has been excruciating. now parents throughout the country are facing another burden, of all things, the availability and cost of infant formula. since the beginning of this year, the supply of infant formula in america has been reduced by nearly half, half, and the obvious question is why. in february, the food and drug administration discovered that abbott's michigan factory, which produces similac, a well-known infant formula to many parents, may have been the source of a bacteria outb

durbin's tendered resignation at this time is not in the best interests in the company.tainly seems like an ally of musk's on the board. >> julia, it seems that on the one side, elon musk is gathering more evidence that he's preparing to buy twitter, but on the other side, he's also not been clear that he's going to stick to his original last and final offer of $54.20 a share. is there a clarity on the status of this. and there was a bot thing. he was concerned about bots, but we haven't heard as much about bots, at least on twitter from him in the last few days >> yeah, a few days ago, he raised red flags saying, hey, this deal is on hold until we resolve this question of how many bots there were but as of this shareholder meeting, john, the company said they weren't going to answer any questions about the deal other than that they were moving forward with it as planned and the fact that musk filed that additional disclosure saying that he was going to be raising additional financing and potentially keeping jack dorsey around, as an investor, rather than having dorsey s

. >> next, senator majority whip dick durbin talks about the ongoing baby formula shortage and what congress needs to do to address the issue. 's looking at that provides 28 million in emergency funding to help with f.d.a. inspections and prevent fraudulent products from entering the u.s. markets. >> thank you, mr. president. the hardest job in america during the pandemic certainly fell on the shoulders of our health care heroes and all of those, so a great debt of gratitude to the sacrifice and integrity they showed during this challenge. but i want to add another category and that would be the category of parents, particularly of newborn infants, during the pandemic. they've dealt with school closures and covid lockdowns, rising prices at the checkout counter and for parents with kids under the age of five, the wait for covid vaccine has been excruciating. now parents throughout the country are facing another burden, of all things, the availability and cost of infant formula. since the beginning of this year, the supply of infant formula of america, has been reduced by nearly half, half an

the very latest with the number two senate democrat, dick durbin. that's next. >>> and he's a texas republican and a strong proponent of gun rights. has the uvalde shooting changed his mind at all? i'll ask congressman dan crenshaw ahead. ied me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of prorotein, one gramam of sugar, and nutrients to supupport immune health. you know, you hear a lot about celiac, but i never thought my dna would tell me i had a higher risk for it. i mean, i'm a food critic. i literally eat for a living. this can be a game changer. do you know what the future holds? >>> welcome back to "state of the union" live from uvalde, texas. a handful of bipartisan senators say they are making progress on a compromise to address gun regulation. after failing to act for so long, are things really different this time? here with me now is the number two democrat in the united states senate, dick durbin. thank you so much, sir, for joining me. what is

i'm with senator durbin on this. i don't condone this leak whatsoever and there should be an investigation by the marshals into this. i don't know of any serious leading democrat, real elected democrat that supports abortion for a baby already delivered. that is extreme and murder in this country. and no democrat supports that. i support fundamental limits on abortion in terms of -- which governor? supports actual murder of a child delivered. >> the governor of virginia. >> which governor? that's not true. that's not true. that's actual murder, cassie. listen, i think the president and the vast majority of americans fundamentally support the roe decision 50 years strong. but also support some fundamental limits on abortion. i agree with bans on third trimester abortion when there is a heartbeat, when the fetus call feel pain. they support roe but support some of the limits. >> that's not where the majority of today's democratic party. >> sandra: this discussion is happening all over the country. woke schooling gone w

remarks were followed by senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin. >> madam president, two days ago barbarism descended upon the city of buffalo. about 2:30 p.m. on saturday, in a predominantly black neighborhood on buffalo's east side, the loan gun man driving from 200 miles away equipped with an assault rifle, body armor and video camera carried out a targeted attack against unarmed civilians inside i of a tops supermarket. his goal? to kill as many black americans as possible. in a matter of minutes, ten people were killed including a former buffalo police officer who worked as a security guard. at least three more were wounded. it was the deadliest shooting in the history of buffalo and worst mass shooting in america this year. today we hold in our hearts every single new yorker whose lifeho was cut short during saturday's violence. we weep knowing nothing will ever be able to bring them back. we mourn with their families and friends and the entire community still shellshocked by the shooting. tomorrow i will join with president biden, the t first lay and others to travel to buf

before they have a chance to inflict violence on the communities and i think my colleague, senator durbin for championing this bill. i've been going to bed every night thinking about the families i met in buffalo and the aftermath of the shooting. i think about the 3-year-old boy. he lost his dad who went to the grocery store to buy him a birthday cake, a birthday cake for his son. that little boy is going to live with that for the rest of his life. and i think of all the families impacted by other racially motivated shootings over they, years. buffalo certainly and unfortunately wasn't the first. charleston, el paso, pittsburgh, atlanta and so many others. the shooting of asian americans, hispanic americans, jewish americans as well as black americans all because ofep this horrible white replacement theory. so today is the day we can begin to debate on how to make these shootings less likely. and there's an additional benefit moving forward to today. it's the chance to have a larger debate and consider amendments for the gun safety legislation in general not just those motivated by racis

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durbin: thanks, mr. president. this morning, we're going to consider h.r. 350, which is legislation which i introduced some time ago. i want to describe it, because it's been inaccurately described before, and let members know what they're voting on. first, what does it relate to? domestic terrorism. is that a federal crime? you bet it

families of those killed it printed is remarks were followed by senate judiciary committee chair, durbin. >> two days ago, the descended upon the city of buffalo, and about 2:30 p.m. on saturday, and predominantly back neighborhood buffalo seaside cumberland gunman driving from 200 miles away, we cooked with an assault rifle a video camera and body carried out a targeted attack against unarmed civilians insidl of it supermarket that is cool, to kill as many black americans as possible pretty in a matter of minutes, ten people were killed, including a former buffalo police officer who worked as a security guard and at least three more were wounded and it was a deadly shooting the history of buffalo and the worst mass shooting in america this dayear. and today, we hold in our hearts every single new yorker whose life was tragically cut short during saturday's violence and weee weep to knowing nothing wil be able to bring them back. we warned, with families and friends, and with the entire community stillke shell shockedy this shooting. and tomorrow, i will join with president biden and fir

dick durbin and tammy duckworth were not able to be here because there is a vote. i want to think tom vilsack. we became friends when he was governor in iowa. we traveled the state. tom has forgotten more about farming than most people will ever learn. tom talks about how critically important agriculture is to the united states. the reason i am here is to thank american farmers. you feed america. you got us through pandemic. you are the backbone of our country. that is not hyperbole. but you also feed the world. we are seeing with vladimir putin's war in ukraine, you are like the backbone of freedom. i was at a factory down in alabama and they make juggling missiles to help the ukrainians stave off the russians. i pointed out that america is the arsenal of democracy. we always have been. i stand here today to think american farmers who wear the breadbasket of democracy. you really are. every investment banker could leave their job. if every farmer left, we would all starve to death. right now, america is fighting on two fronts. on home, it is inflation and rising p

durbin is right and i've never said that before but good for him for standing up because this cannotecially you have other family members and let's lower the heat and helps them in the polls. kennedy: and you've always said a broken dic k is right twice a day and you could be right about that. >> i always have. kennedy: it's on your record. leslie, who do you side with? the omar and say it's amazing, it's like protesting can be great. the problem as you know, a mob is front of the house, my intel, i have been told people guarding the justices homes are untrained federal marshals, rookies who have graduated essentially have zero training and told not to arrest people if they go on private property of the associate justices so could get dangerous very quickly and local law enforcement doesn't have the senate control so which camp are you in? >> i'm with majority of democrats, majority of loaded democrats and elected officials like senator durbin. first, the constitution is very clear in regard to the first amendment, there are exceptions for time, manner in place and this is an excepti

durbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. durbin: i ask it be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: madam president, this last friday we learned that u.s. employers added another 428,000 new jobs in the month of april. the unemployment rate is down to 3.6% which is just about what it was before the pandemic struck. april marked the 15th consecutive month of job growth under president biden. and the united states is now -- has now recovered more than 90% of the jobs that were lost during the coronavirus pandemic. put into context, when president biden took office, 20 million americans relied on unemployment benefits just to get by. now that number is downing to -- down to slightly more than one million, from 20 million to one million. this historic progress shows the resilience of the american workers and small businesses who battled through more than two years of this unprecedented health crisis. this is truly an american success story. it's also the result of bold, decisive economic action taken by the democrats in congress and

this reflects poorly on the democratic party. >> shannon: senator senator durbin, you can argue if it but if we didn't have that law so clearly worded that says we can't do that stuff, nobody seems to be intent on enforcing anything like that. but the law -- you say the president made a lot of promises in a can of that he's not as the president -- don't all candidates do that question >> oh, sure. well, you know, i would say donald trump, you know, you can agree or disagree with the way he treats. but most promises trump made he kept, right question work as far as the border. as far as trade. as far as regulations come as far as joe biden is concerned, he promised that he would unify the country and that he would take responsibility if anything goes wrong. that he is the president and the top of the food chain, therefore, he would take accountability. what we are seeing shannon over and over again when it comes to inflation, he doesn't blame, say his spending or his party's spending. he says, okay, actually it's vladimir putin's fault or donald trump's fault were on the border, same t

senator dick durbin. i appreciate you being with us. you. >> thanks. >>> we have new details coming into cnn on just how long the gunman was able to barricade himself inside that one classroom before law enforcement shot and killed him. and the chilling messages that he sent just minutes beforehand. >>> ♪ ♪ and try new sky hihigh cosmic black intense black pigments only from maybelline new york rosy: it's the parent-teacher partnership that really makes a difference. ingrid: they know that their children are coming to a safe place. they're coming to a place where they'll be loved. kiyoko: we have a strong community of people that all look out for each other. we're all kind of taking care of the children. rosy: janitors, the teachers, the office staff. kiyoko: the cafeteria worker, the crossing guard, the bus driver. carol: because our future is in those schools. that's where the heart of our community belongs. ingrid: because teachers like me know... carol: quality public schools... kiyoko: make a better california... . >>> so cnn has j

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let's go to gary kaltbaum and also martin durbin with us. the u.s. chamber of commerce. martin, the higher prices in general on businesses large and small across the country. it's not ending, is it? >> no, i don't expect it to end soon. it is having an incredible downward pull on the economy. there's things that can be done. the government needs to be doing. unfortunately you mentioned in the lead here, i think the administration just missed an opportunity by cancelling the lease sales in alaska and the gulf of mexico. there's no question. in addition to the -- the world is trying to wean itself off of russian old. the inflation is high. it's the wrong signal to be sending. >> neil: without getting into the politics part of it, bad timing. gas oil prices rocketing in the middle of that. oh, this possible leasing and permits, forget about it. it's not happening. bad timing, don't you think? >> if we have a bull market in oil prices, if i want them to keep them going higher, i as an administration will announce oh, alaska, there's a million acres, no more lease there. it's

it dick durbin's comments were a little late.his were fairly forceful but unfortunately out of the white house they were late actually kind of nonexistence. which reveals a terrible double sense of the problem is of course it's actually illegal you are not allowed to do this sort of thing. so we have a lot of concern about our institutions which is a good thing to have, this disregard for a real attack on an entire branch of government trying to work through a very complicated issue is not good for the country. >> edit the relevant parts with the intent of interfering with obstructing or impeding the administration of justice or the intent of influencing any judge in the discharge of his duty pickups operates in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such a judge shall be fined under the title or imprisoned not more than one year old both. so moe, why isn't the justice department getting involved? they get involved in a lot of things. i'm not a lawyer am not a prosecutor not going to pretend to know why the d.o.j. is

i agree with you about senators durbin and cotton and now it appears that legally this is an attemptand why the white house cannot say just don't go to people's houses. it's not a good idea. don't do it. protest at the supreme court. make more noise than they have ever heard down there but don't go to people's houses. it would be so simple for the white house to say and they won't say it. >> trace: they won't say it, howie, even some democrat-friendly publications are now kind of saying, you know what? don't go to the white house. here is the "the washington post" quoting here to picket a judge's home is especially problematic it tries to bring direct public pressure to bear on auto addition-making process that must be controlled, evidence based and rational. if there is to be any hope of an independent judiciary, which is why it's illegal, howie. >> yeah. well, about time. and, you know, these demonstrations cross a bright red line. it's intimidation pure and simple. an effort to change people's minds by imagining the justices are trapped with their kids inside night after night as

when i asked stefanik about that, she pushed back. >> dick durbin today criticized your facebook ads, were part of the fear, hate, and racism. >> i condemn racism. on immigration, i support a secure border. i don't support allowing illegals to vote. >> you disavow this replacement theory? >> i never made a racist comment and i am known nationally as expanding the republican party by supporting black candidates and hispanic candidates. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> so yeah, the last exchange asking if she disavowed the replacement theory, she said she supports a broad tent republican party including with black members, hispanic members, but she has gotten criticism internally, including by don bacon, who said those comments put the party on thin ice, and he went on to say any time you suggest a whole group of people have a certain ideology, he said i don't think it's a good place to be, but anderson, some other members of the conference did defend elise stefanik, including one, jeff van drew, a republican from new jersey who had no issue with what she said. >> appreciate it. more on

this morning senator durbin called this practice reprehensible. the threats to justices remain high because emotions are high, and the chief justice has asked copping to take action -- congress to take action to protect the justices and their families by simply providing the same sort of authorities that the capitol police has to provide protection to members of congress and our families. last week i introduced legislation that would do that. i asked my friend and frequent collaborator, senator coons, if he would be interested in cosponsoring the bill to make it bipartisan. initially he raised some concerns -- initially he raised some concerns with one of the provisions, but we worked in good faith and introduced a new version of the bill that could gain broad bipartisan support. and clearly we were successful because our bill passed the senate unanimously on monday. and now it's time for our colleagues in the house to follow suit. yesterday congressman issa and congressman corea introduced this bill in the house and speaker pelosi should act quic

and i know who wanted to be here also, was durbin and tammy b duckworth. they're unable to be here. they're two of the most reliable people and genuine i've ever worked with. i want to thank tom. tom and i became friends when tom was governor in iowa. we traveled the state. tom has forgotten more about farming than most people will ever learn. i'm sure this room knows as much. but the idea, tom talks about how critically important agriculture is to the united states in every single, solitary way. the real reason i'm here is to thank american farmers, thank farmers. you feed america, you got us through a pandemic, and you're literally the backbone of our country. it's not hyperbole. put you also feed the world. and we're seeing with putin's war in ukraine, you're like the backbone of freedom. i was at a factory not long ago, eight days ago, down in alabama, and they made javelin missiles to help the ukrainians stave off the russians, beat them back in their aggression. and i pointed out that the proof point that america is the arsenal of democracy, that's w

durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, let me join the majority leader in best wishes to our colleague, chris van hollen. it cames a a surprise this morning, but we are heartened by the news that he's recovering, and we hope he'll be back with us very, very soon. he's a wonderful senator, representing a state effectively and he's very close to members on both sides of the aisle. so we wish him and his family all the strength and recovery as quickly as they can. madam president, it was another weekend of bloodshed and loss in america. in chicago, five people were shot dead, including a 16-year-old boy, killed near the beam, which those of us in chicago know automatically as that site in millennium park where people race to gather and take photographs. it's one of the most popular attractions in our city. and just this last weekend it was the scene of a murder, one teenager killing another. in california yesterday, a gunman walked into a church, opened fire, killing one person, critically wounding fo

facing increased pressure from top democrats, including the number two democrat, his chief deputy dick durbinwho says it is ultimately inevitable they have to cave to republican demands. it seems they will eventually have to give republicans a vote to get this through. it will only being $10 billion of the $22.5 billion the white house proposed. it is unknown if it can deal with the surge of cases in the months ahead. judy: it gives you a headache to keep track of the ins and outs o f this. susan, does it look like there is a solution here from your perspective? susan: i don't think it is perfectly clear there will be a deal. six month before november, republicans do n feel a great imperative to do anything that let's democrats out-of-the-box they are in on this. one reason i think americans hate politics is you listen to the back-and-forth about unrelated issues, but this will have real-life consequent is for americans if this money is not approved. the administration says it will be harder to update vaccines to deal with new variants, that they may have to restrict who can get the new vacci

senator stabenow: thank you, senator durbin. this is a very serious moment in our country for women and our health care. that is why we are here. if this leak supreme court decision is accurate, it will have grave consequences for women across our country. it would be the ultimate intrusion into a woman's right to privacy, the ultimate intrusion into a woman's right to privacy. imagine what this would mean for a 12-year-old in michigan who is raped. if roe v. wade falls, michigan will revert to a 1931 law that makes abortion at any stage a felony, with no exceptions for rape or insist. who -- rape or incest. who should decide what is best for this 12-year-old -- the girl and her family and her doctor based on their own faith, or a right-wing supreme or dead republicans in the u.s. senate? imagine what this means for a woman who learns that the pregnancy that she has wanted so desperately isn't viable, and her own life is at risk. who should decide what happens to her? the woman supported by her family and doctor based on her own