amy: nancy northup, thank you for being with us. later in the show, we will look at how the taliban treats women and also how the u.s. invasion and forever war affected women's lives in afghanistan. next up, we go to colorado for a major development in the movement for police accountability. three colorado police officers and two paramedics have been criminally charged in the death of 23-year-old elijah mcclain . stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we look now at a major development in the movement for police accountability. in colorado, three police officers and two paramedics have been criminally charged in the death of 23-year-old elijah mcclaithat prompted nationwide protests. elijah mcclain was a young black man walking home from a store in the denver suburb of aurora in august 2019. he had bought some ice cream. when someone called 911 to report of someone looking weird, although he was not suspecd of a crime. the three aur

for more, we're joined by nancy northup, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights.talk about the gravity of the threat to roe v. wade? is this the most extreme law that has ever been enacted in the united states, nancy? >> it is the most extreme that has ever gone into effect. this morning, partially in texas, clinics cannot be opened to provide abortion city later than six weeks. 85% of people seeking abortions in texas do so after six weeks since many people don't even know they are pregnant yet at six weeks. this is the most extreme law to go into effect. we have gone to the supreme court. we filed papers right up to 8:00 last night we are waiting for the court to act. it really should step n. what texas has done his blanket unconstitutional. it is not the state of texas to overturn roe v. wade. unfortunely, that power doe land with the supreme court and we are fighting other day in the supreme court from mississippi on that very same question where mississippi has asked the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. roe v. wade is love the land. it has been for 50 a

reaction now from our first guest, nancy northup, is the center for reproductive rights, a group devoted to protecting the women's right to choose. nancy, welcome to "prime time." are we, yet, seeing this impact at a granular level? meaning, at the clinics, themselves, in texas? >> oh, yes. it has been a devastating two days since the supreme court turned its back on women, pregnant people, the constitution, the rule of law. and of course, it's, you know, clinics are -- they're opened so i want people in texas to know they should call their clinics. they're open but they're complying, which means they can only provide abortions earlier than six weeks. and, you know, the people who are hurt hardest by this law are those who already have barriers to accessing -- access to healthcare. so that is black, indigenous, people of color, people in rural communities, undocumented immigrants. you know, there are internal checkpoints in texas even with the means to leave their areas, they can stopped by that and not be able to leave the state. so already, we are seeing these really difficult impacts

joining us now is nancy northup, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. her organization led the emergency request asking the supreme court to block the texas law. just in the last few minutes, they've filed a new reply in that petition tonight. thank you for being here. i appreciate your time. i know this is a very intense time for you. >> it is an incredibly intense time. we have been back and forth with the fifth circuit and then going up to the supreme court yesterday and again just filed our reply at 8:00 eastern time tonight. again working to get an injunction from the supreme court to block this, as you said, dystopian law that will go into effect at midnight tonight if the supreme court doesn't step in. so thank you for covering this because it is a very intense news time on important issues from afghanistan to the hurricane in louisiana. but this is also so critical because the constitutional rights of people in texas are on the line tonight. >> nancy, what do you expect the court to do, and let me also just ask you if i effectively explained tha

joining us now is nancy northup she's president and ceo for the center for reproductive rights, it led the -- to block the texas law. just in the last few minutes they have filed a new reply, in that petition tonight, nancy thank you very much for being. here i appreciate your. time i know this is a very intense time for you. >> it's an incredibly intense. time we've been back and forth with the fifth circuit, and then going up to the supreme court yesterday. and again just got a replay 8:00 eastern time tonight, again, working to get an injunction from the supreme court. to block this, as you said dystopian law. that will go into effect, and midnight tonight. if the supreme court does not step in. thank you for covering this, because it is a very intense news time, an important issues from afghanistan, hurricane louisiana, but this is also so critical, because constitutional rights of people in texas are in the line tonight. >> nancy. do you expect the court to do? and let me also just ask you, if i effectively explain that right. i know it's more complex than the way late it. out but

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. >> nancy northup, the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights, who has in the last hour or two filed another emergency request, or response to an emergency filing in the supreme court. we are awaiting word from the supreme court tonight as to whether or not this new law will be allowed to go into effect in texas. it would be effectively the first abortion ban in the country in the era of roe. nancy, thanks for helping us keep apprised. i know it's going to be a long, late, intense night for you. >> thank you. thank you for covering it. >> all right. we've got much more news ahead here tonight. again, i will say, you know, and nancy mentioned this as well. there is a lot going on in the news right now in the afghanistan story, the louisiana story, and so much else that we're covering. texas passed its anti-voting rights bill tonight, for example. there's so much that's going on. but this issue with the supreme court and this abortion ban, this is something that we really have never seen before. it was -- this strategy was devised to overturn roe, to make it possible

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