he tweeted, looking forward to signing hb 388 by state representative katrina jackson. give women the health and safety protections they deserve and katrina jackson is a democrat and of course yusly a woman. louisiana joins alabama and mississippi and texas, all states that have advanced the same same technique in cracking down on abortions. oklahoma appears poised to do the same next. more than 40 abortion clinics have already been closed or could close. this could affect more than 8.5 million women in these five states. joining me now is elise hoeg, the president of pro-choice america. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about what kind of tangible changes this could make in women's lives. i was struck by the amount of distance it takes to get to remaining facilities, they could have to drive 150 miles or more to get to abortion clinics, doesn't that deny access all together? >> absolutely it does deny access. i want to make one point very clear, everybody, most of all, doctors are concerned about women's health and safety. and clinics already adhere to all of t