julie rikelman for the center for constitutional rights today making it blunt.e you know, this really is about american women being forced by w the government to give birth against their will. i mean, this is what the supposed small government conservative movement has brought us, right? this very big government idea, the idea that the government will decide whether or not you get an abortion. the government will decide whether or not you stay pregnant. the government will decide whether or not you give birth. it's not your choice. the government gets to decide r it. on the other side of the court, justices stephen breyer and elena kagan and justice sotomayor raised this issue in slightly different ways. obviously there was long arguments. there were a lot of different points made. but i was struck by the fact that sotomayor, breyer, and kagan, all made this same point, questioned their fellow justicet about what it will do to the perceived legitimacy of the court if, in fact, they would overturn roe. it would be popular. a large majority of the country has said don't overturn roe, th

those are your shared effort -- amy: that is john roberts questioning julie rikelman.u can talk about the fact this is the roberts court and the particular significance of him raising this, then we will go to kavanaugh on so-called neutrality of the court. >> justice roberts is missing several things. the first, i hate to start with simple math, but 15 wes is nineeeks less than4. the way pregnancy is dated zero to two weeks, or not really pregnant, since st people i relate in the middle of the month. so that is 40% less time to discover your pregnant and take the action necessary if you choose to in your pregncy. so it is not insignificant. the otheriece is conceptual. as i said earlier, there is a principled basis that a viability line. there is no principal basis for 15 weeks. that should be very important to justice roberts, although it sounds like it is not. the true witness of the roe case is if assertion of estate interest potential life at viability, when absolutely no analysis or justification. what would justify the states interest in an entity that is not a p

julie rikelman, our senior director of litigation, made our case before the court today, making clear that there's only one outcome in this case which is consistent with the rule of law, gender equality, and the constitutional protection for individual liberty. if roe were to fall, and likely in half the , including large swaths of the south and midwest,it would be a radical taking away all along protected rights. it is not just roe, it is a threat not just of abortion rights, but really the fabric of decisions over 50 years preceding roe, about everyone's personal liberty to make decisions about home, family, marriage and childbearing. two generations of women have relied on roe v. wade. one out of four women in the united states will have an abortion in her lifetime. and banning abortions will hurt most people who are in challenging circumstances those who already have a hard time accessing health care, including communities of color, people of low incomes, rural communities, young people, and more. just a month ago in a texas case , it was blocked. here we are again today. it was c

julie rikelman of the alliteration directive for reproductive rights joining us now is nothing northt and ceo of the -- eve of these arguments and i'm happy that she's able to join us again now that has happened. , nancy thanks for joining us, thanks for making the time to be here today. >> thank you, has been an intense day in and outside of the courtroom. >> yeah, how do you think it went? >> well i am pleased that both julie rikelman arguing for the health organization, and the -- maid exceptional arguments. very strong arguments that made two things unstable obliquely or. one, if the court does overturn roe v. wade the impact of the solicitor general will be swift and severe, this is about women 's bodily autonomy, it is about control over their health lives and future. second, you talk about just a few moments ago, the legitimacy of the court is on the line. nothing has changed since roe, in any appreciable way. since they looked at this 30 years ago and reaffirmed roe in planned parenthood case. today was an intense day because it is an existential one in this argument for wome

that this creates in the public perception attorney julie rikelman and the u.s.ainst mississippi's ban this case is about 50 years of precedent. >> that women's quality and ability to make decisions that are fundamental to their lives are at stake. rikelman says women are truly equal under the law. if they can be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term roe v wade and planned parenthood v casey established that states can't ban abortion before a fetus is viable or around 24 weeks roe versus wade and planned parenthood versus casey on our country. mississippi solicitor general scott stewart tried to convince the justices that roe and casey were wrongly decided and should be overturned nowhere else to recognized a right and a human life. chief justice john roberts seemed open to upholding mississippi's abortion bad. i'd like to focus on the 15 week ban because that's. >> not a dramatic departure from viability. >> if the supreme court does overturn roe many conservative states have what's called trigger laws on the books that would automatically implement new

that this creates in the public perception attorney julie rikelman and the u.s. argued against mississippi's ban this case is about 50 years of precedent. >> that women's basic equality and ability to make decisions that are fundamental to their lives are at stake. rikelman says women are truly equal under the law. if they can be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term roe v wade and planned parenthood v casey established that states can't ban abortion before a fetus is viable or around 24 weeks roe versus wade and planned parenthood versus casey on to our country. mississippi solicitor general scott stewart tried to convince the justices that roe and casey were wrongly decided and should be overturned nowhere else to recognized a right and a human life. chief justice john roberts seemed open to upholding mississippi's abortion bad like to focus on the 15 week ban because that's. >> not a dramatic departure from viability. >> now if the supreme court does overturn roe many conservative states already have trigger laws on the books that would automatically i

this is julie rikelman second time arguing abortion case before the high court. >> the first came when late ruth bader ginsburg was a justice now there's a 6, 3 conservative majority today. liberal justices warned that nothing around. the issue has changed. only the political makeup of the court taking the case up now warren justice sotomayor is a threat to the legal justice system. will this institution. >> survive the stench. that this creates arguing to curtail abortion rights. 39 year-old scott stewart, a former trump justice department lawyer who defended family separations at the border in federal court. now mississippi, solicitor general roe and casey have failed. but the people, if given the chance will succeed in the end, a majority of the conservative-leaning court seem sympathetic to stewart's argument if roe is overturned or weekend, 12 state stand ready to outlaw abortion immediately. but we won't know how the justices rule until a decision is announced likely late spring or early summer next year reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. >> even if roe v wade is overturne

abortion ban precisely because the supreme court now has a solid 63 conservative majority attorney julie rikelman and the u.s. solicitor general. keep argued against mississippi's ban. riggleman says women aren't truly equal under the law if they can be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term roe v wade and planned parenthood. the casey established that states can't ban abortion before a fetus is viable usually around 24 weeks. well, the mississippi solicitor general scott steward tried to convince the justices that row. and casey were wrongly decided and should be overturned. >> roe versus wade and planned parenthood versus casey on to our country. nowhere else. does coert recognized a right and a human life. this case is about 50 years of precedent. >> that women's basic equality and ability to make decisions that are fundamental to their lives are at stake. >> if the court overturns roe many conservative states have what it's called trigger laws on the books that would automatically implement new abortion bad slow go now to the new developments in the michigan school shooting a 4th stude