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. >> roe v. wade has got to go! >> the supreme court case that could end nearly five decades of precedent. >> we need care! >> what the justices said today. >> i think we all should be alarmed. >> we're on the ground with the activists we've been following for years. >> do you believe that will become reality, that roe v. wade will be overturned? >> i do believe that that will be reality. >> and inside the mississippi clinic at the heart of the case. >>> plus dr. oz wants to go to washington. >> pennsylvania needs a conservative who will put america first. >> running for the u.s. senate as a republican who says he can fix the country. but will the tv doctor's controversies come back to haunt him? >> i don't get why you need to say this stuff because you know it's not true. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivene

wade is still the law of the land. roe v. wade has not been fo formally overturned. so i am going to enjoin the law. that will be enjoined pending the resolution of the mississippi case, which is also a dramatic restriction of abortion rights, not as restrictive as texas. it is a 15-week ban as opposed to a six-week ban, but that decision will be coming, you know, certainly by the end of june. and that's when we'll really know what the state of abortion righ rights are in america. the texas case has been very much. tied up with this strange procedure which i think the supreme court has now by and large sorted out. i mean, now it is clear that texas -- that the abortion providers can sue the state of texas to stop this law. but the real focus now should be on this mississippi case because that's really when the supreme court is going to address the substance of whether women still have the right to choose abortion in america. >> to your point, there are a whole host of cases. this court has very different view than previous courts on and may impact people's lives in a

. >>> roe v. wade has been set a law since 1973. it was reaffirmed in 1992 in the case of planned parenthood v. kasie. a potential historic day in the supreme court today. justices heard arguments on mississippi's new law that bans abortion 15 weeks in a pregnancy, long before the viability line set by a prior precedent of around 24 weeks. chief justice john roberts said mississippi's limit of 15 weeks was not a quote dramatic departure from viability. others on the court, like justice brett kavanaugh, appear to be leaning that way as well. >> if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, if that, why then doesn't the history of this court's practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is actually the return to the position of neutrality. >> meanwhile, texas's ban on aabortions after six weeks remains in place until justices issue a ruling that may not come until next summer. wendy davis and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. senator davis, i'm wondering what your impressions were after heari

. >>> roe v. wade has been settled law since 1973. it was reaffirmed in 1992 in the case of planned parenthood v. kasie. it hasn't faced a test this big until now. a potentially historic day in the supreme court today. justices heard arguments on mississippi's new law that bans abortion 15 weeks into a pregnancy, long before the viability line set by a prior precedent of around 24 weeks. the 6-3 conservative majority of the supreme court appears poised to uphold the ban. chief justice john roberts said mississippi's limit of 15 weeks was not a, quote, dramatic departure from viability. other conservatives on the court like justice brett kavanagh appear to be leaning that way as well. >> if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, if that, why then doesn't the history of this court's practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is actually the return to the position of neutrality. >> meanwhile, texas's ban on abortions after six weeks remains in place until the justices issue a ruling that may not c

i feel like the base of the far left of the democratic party has been rooted in roe v. wade ever since it was decided. it has been in many ways the passion of the left. why is that? and how would they react? how will they? we saw a glimpse of it today and it hasn't even happened yet. play it forward. >> they will lose their minds. the way that the left has moved from safe legal, and rare which bass the logan they were using when i was a kid shout your abortion which is the slogan they use now is pretty astonishing. and the notion that american freedom and particularly freedom of women is tied up in the ability to kill a baby in the womb has now become sort of a rote line inside the democratic party there is a belief system inside the democratic party and for the left more broadly that all outcomes must be equally among all human beings that means if you have to kill babies in the womb in order to achieve equal outcomes for women giving them the opportunity to get rid in a career getting rid of a baby they want this is necessary to human freedom. that of course is vile a

wade. and the clinics here say, look, roe v. wade has been on the books some 50 years. if you do this now, it's going to be totally destabilizing for women across the country who have come to rely upon it and the biden administration is supporting the clinics here. in their briefs and what they'll tell the supreme court today is, look, if you overturn roe v. wade and send this issue back to the states, that means that there is going to be the biggest impact on poor women, women with low income, who aren't going to be able to travel in order to get the procedure. so all that's going to be heard today. >> you know, aryan, the case is a combination of decades of work by republicans who want to chip away at roe, right? >> and have. >> and have. in texas roe is essentially gutted. if they succeed in getting the case officially overturned, what are the real ramifications? >> you're exactly right because they have been working, critics of roe, for years not only to get a case like this in front of the supreme court, but to change the face of the courts. remember, president don

wade completely. >> roe v. wade has got to go. >> reporter: abortion rights activists are concerned the court will give states much more leeway to restrict abortions. >> by the estimation of our analysis about half the states in the united states would ban abortion if roe were overturned. that means large parts of the south and the midwest where people cross multiple state lines to get access to abortion care and not everyone has the means to be able to do that. >> reporter: a recent poll found that 60% of u.s. adults believe the court should uphold roe v. wade. but the composition of the court left the fate of abortion law in doubt. conservative justice clarence thomas has publicly called for roe to be overturned and former president trump predicted his three picks justices neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, would overturn abortion precedent. all three describe roe as settled law during their confirmation hearings. >> it is historic the supreme court is taking up abortion again at this partic

we know that roe v wade has been hanging by a thread for some years now. the court granted them in the mississippi case for the argument december 1st that had been hanging around on the docket and the previous summer. it's h proving to be so true in november.xa >> that's right and a justice of the audience knows, we have andd to be taping this on, before november 1st when the court will hear the arguments in the case and this will air after the court has heard of those and even after the texas case, but we will touch on that a bit. but about how it was so taboo and give more context about why it is. when you asked about the religious beliefs while she was up for the u.s. court of appeals for the seventh circuit and the kind of backlash if you would sketch that out a little bit and show what a consequence it had when she then was nominated to the supreme court. >> the 2017 president trump named amy coney barrett to the court of appeals for the civil circuit and diane feinstein was the head democrat on the judiciary committee and asked the nominee a series o

significantly weaken roe v wade or over turn it. passionate protests outside the supreme court as justices ask questions and listen to arguments since 1973 roe v wade has prohibited states from banning abortions before 23 weeks. the point of vie lablt it established abortion as a constitutional right chief justice john roberts was once seen as a key swing vote. today he signalled he is open to a 15-week time limit for getting an abortion. >> if you think that the issue is one of choice, that women should have a choice to terminate their pregnancy, that supposes that that there is a point of which they've had the fair choice, opportunity to choice but if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> justice sonya sotomayor warns over turning it will be political after three conservative justices. >> will there institution provide in the public perception the constitution and its reading are just political acts? i don't see how it is possible if people believe it's all political, how will we survive >> aborti

." >>> and then the lawyer who led the march in roe v. wade has died. her death comes as the court considers the mississippi case. >>> the san josÉ state's men basketball team being forced to postpone three upcoming games. we did not get any details if that was because of players or coachers testing positive for the virus or just exposure. >>> and then the warriors will be without draymond green tested positive for covid. he had three blocks, three steals as the warriors reclaim the best record in the nba. green makes five warriors now in the protocols, including fellow starter andrew wiggins, jordan pool, moses moody and damian lee. >>> now that christmas has come and past you may want to dispose of your trees, and there's an eco friendly way to do that. san josÉ residents, listen up, before sitting the tree on the curb, remove the tinsel, decorations and the tree stand, and you must cut it into five-foot pieces. be sure and set it out by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day. for san francisco residents, same rules apply, just place the old tree on the c

kathy park, nbc news >>> the texas attorney who argued and won the roe v. wade case has died. she worked as an adviser on women's issues to president carter weddington wrote a book on roe v. wade and taught courses her death comes as the high court is considering a mississippi case, widely considered the most serious challenge to the roe decision in years. she was 76 years old >>> tributes are pouring in from all over the world after the passing of archbishop desmond tutu he was instrumental in the overthrowing of apartheid in south africa chris clackham has a look back at his extraordinary life. >> free at last. >> reporter: bishop does mohammed toutu was recognized i the world for his fight against apartheid in south africa. in 1984, he received the nobel peace prize. hi used the church as his base of power in his battle for freedom for south african blacks he said he would never force the pat porks blacks were forced to carry. he was always looking for ways to improve the life of blacks in south africa >> i'm always a man of hope, and i feel the best about everybody. >> rep

eugene, i know you made a point this week that roe v. wade has been unifying for this country, but then there are the politics of it. i would like to read you this from kyrie berman tonight, never forget that mitch mcconnell blocked merrick garland eight months before election then confirmed amy coney barrett eight days before election when 65 million had already voted so she could take away reproductive rights and voting rights from millions of americans. tonight, on fox news, we got a glimpse eugene, from the other side saying the quiet part out loud on the air, that this is the court in effect they have paid for. >> if we have six republican appointees on this court, after all the money that has been raised, the federal society, all of these big fat cat dinners, i'm sorry, i am pissed about this. >> yeah. >> if this court with six justices cannot do the right thing here, the constitutional thing, then i think it is time to do what robert berke said, which is circumscribed the jurisdiction of this court and they want to blow it up, the

for nearly half a century, roe v. wade has been the law of the land. now it could be in jeopardy. and if you ever had any doubt yes, elections do have consequences. this is why so many conservatives hold their noses and they continue to support a disgraced twice impeached one-term former president. because he got them what they have wanted for decades, a conservative majority court that could overturn roe v. wade. this is why it's important to pay attention to our courts, to pay attention to who the judges are, and who's appointing them. that's how you end up with we are today. elections matter. cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has been following this story. she has the latest what happened inside and outside the supreme court today. >> reporter: today the supreme court took up its biggest abortion case in a generation. hundreds on both sides of the emotional debate gathered outside the high court as the justices inside heard two hours of dramatic arguments concerning a mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. the law is a direct challenge to abortion righ

eugene, i know you make a point this week that roe v. wade has been unifying for this country, but then there are the politics of it. i want to read you tonight. never forget that mitch mcconnell blocked merrick garland eight months before election then confirmed amy coney barrett eight days before an election when 65 million people had already voted, so she could take away reproductive rights and voting rights from millions of americans. and tonight on fox news we got a glimpse. eugene, from the other side, saying the quiet part outloud on the air that this is the court, in effect, they have paid for. >> if we have six republican appointees on this court, after all the money that has been raised, "the federalist" society, all these big fat cat dinners -- sorry, i'm pissed about this. if this court with six justices cannot do the constitutional thing here, then i think it's time to do what robert bork said, which is to circumscribe the jurisdiction of this court and they want to blow it up, they'll then -- that's the way to change things

it does what roe v. wade has been doing for the past 50 years. and that is something that the vast majority of americans support. >> you and i have much business to talk about, but i wanted to focus on this one this morning, because it's important and it is current. so as always, i always invite you. you have an open invitation to join me, because we have many things to discuss. representative judy chu of california. watch her in this, because she does have an actual bill that would make abortion legal under the law in america. >>> all right, from right here in new york to all the way out to hawaii, 16 states and counting have reported confirmed omicron cases and still people resist the vaccine that could curb the spread. >>> and then there's a single abortion provider left standing in the state of mississippi. you have heard about it. it's called the pink house. it's the very same clinic at the center of the court case in the supreme court that is poised to undue decades of abortion rights protection. we're going to talk to one of the doctors wh

>> if you want to see a revolution, go ahead, outlaw roe v. wade. >> joining me now is democratic senator of minnesota, amy klobuchar. you've been on the front lines of the judiciary committee of all the actors inside the supreme court. i want to start with -- i think from your perspective, two potential bad outcomes that may come out of this. i guess the question is which of the bad outcomes in your view would you prefer? a total overturn of roe or what chief justice roberts seems to be hinting at, something that keeps roe in name only or keeps some provision but still allows the 15-week ban. >> okay. first of all, i don't think that's going to happen. it appeared to me listening to that argument that the conservative justices were in a different place than justice roberts, that they clearly are headed toward overturning roe. in either case, even if you go with -- it's a mess. you literally are going to go back to a time if we don't do anything -- we'll get to that in a minute -- you're going to go back to a time of back alley abortions. peop

. >> roe v. wade has got to go! >> the supreme court case that could end nearly five decades of precedent. >> we need care! >> what the justices said today. >> i think we all should be alarmed. >> we're on the ground with the activists we've been following for years. >> do you believe that will become reality, that roe v. wade will be overturned? >> i do believe that that will be reality. >> and inside the mississippi clinic at the heart of the case. >>> plus dr. oz wants to go to washington. >> pennsylvania needs a conservative who will put america first. >> running for the u.s. senate as a republican who says he can fix the

missourians don't realize what the missouri legislature has done on this issue. they will if roe v. wade is overturned, and it will not be popular. i mean, i was a pro-choice senator that won statewide elections time after time in this state. they are not going to accept that in vitro fertilization is illegal in missouri or the morning-after pill or exceptions for rape and incest which they did not put in the missouri law. that is going to be galvanizing to democrats in this country both in my state and other states that used to be purple and maybe have trended red. i think they'll trend back purple. >> so rich, that's the other question i have. it's sort of -- roe v. wade allowed activists to essentially make the issue seem black and white. and now if you end up throwing it back to the states -- i guess the question i have is, is there going to be room in a republican primary for abortion -- nuance on abortion? >> no. i think the party is strongly pro-life, will remain so. but look, what you're going to get is a patchwork across the country. it will be a little like europe. you kno

wade has been decided by the supreme court, and texas is just nullifying that decision, you have justice sotomayor talking about john calhoun, notoriously pushing this nullification in the 19th century around the issue of slavery. i mean, it's absolutely an upending of the rule of law. it is exactly activist judging. >> nancy, thank you for joining us. we still haven't had a discussion about the mississippi stuff. abortion is going to be on the front boiler for a long time and things may change dramatically and it's important everyone understands that. she's the ceo for the center for reproductive rights. >>> we're waiting for liftoff of the blue original rocket shepherd. this ten-minute suborbital mission will be amazon's third human space flight. but this one is the most crowded yet. four paying passengers and two guests, including the former nfl great michael strahan. the flight was originally scheduled for thursday, but high winds have delayed the launch. as of now it's actually still scheduled to happen. so when that blasts off -- you can see they're doing their final checks now. yo

this is now a 50 -- 50-year conservative project to overturn roe v wade. it has been the center of our judicial politics since 197. i think, you know, i saw just looking at the polling here, gallop has been asking of approval of the supreme court since 2000. it is at an all-time low now, 40%. there is a reason for that. it's that the country has increasingly come the see the court as a political institution and not a judicial institution. and they are not wrong. and there has been -- the court has always been a political institution, let's be clear, to some extent. i like joyce have seen the court surprise people many times. we thought the court would do certain things and it has not. justice roberts has been focused on this question of legitimacy and trying constantly to maintain the legitimacy of the court in a way that it has the paramount virtue for him in his private conversations, his public rulings, his contribution of what he has done on the court. we are now at that place where it is quite clear -- what justice sotomayor said, what the attorney ge

now, whether roe v. wade does is much tougher to predict. [cheers] >> shannon: nearly 50 years after roe v. wade, the battle over abortion rights is once again squarely before the u.s. supreme court. with a 6-3 split generally tilted in favor of the conservatives. pro-life advocates have been open about their hopes of overturning roe and its follow-up case planned parenthood v. casey. based on the court's current makeup. and that had the liberal justices warning today that taking that step could appear purely political. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts. >> the bulk of today's arguments focus on when it's appropriate for the highest court to overrule something considered landmark decisions as justice kavanaugh noted the court has done repeatedly. >> if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong if that, why then doesn't the history of this court's practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is

v wade that has been established, so it's all been turned upside down. i mean, we are seeing, as you indicated, the long arm of the trump presidency here because he has transformed this court with — by appointing three justices who sounded a very different tune on wednesday than they did during their confirmation hearings in the senate. brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, the two of the trump nominees to the court, you know, during their senate confirmation hearings, brett kavanaugh said he viewed roe v wade as settled law and an established precedent that couldn't be overturned and, again, amy coney barrett made similar kinds of noises about she would not use her personal views to interpret the law. and what they said on wednesday was very much about well, brett kavanaugh said "why should abortion be an issue for the supreme court?", indicating he thought that the states — it should be kicked back to the individual states to handle. in reality, what you have — by all indications, the conservative majority will roll back roe v wade. we don't kno

sahil: plan a for democrats is to codified roe v. wade into law federally. there is a bill that would do that. it has passed the house of representatives and is sitting in the senate. it does not have a path to get to the senate. it has 48 sponsors. it could get to 50, but it does not have a way around the filibuster. plan b is to take it to voters directly. here, they believe they have the real advantage in the swing states and swing districts because the majority of the country is clearly pro roe v. wade. the difference has been republicans have had a good thing going because they could not mobilize their voters on the desire to overturn it without facing much of a backlash from the pro roe majority, given that abtion rights did not seemed threatened. now they are not only threatened, they could potentially be gone in the coming months. that is likely to awaken the democratic base. they view this as a mobilizing issue. republicans are less inclined to talk about this. it is like the dog that caught the car. what do they do now? yamiche: you are talki about

sahil: plan a for democrats is to codified roe v. wade into law federally. there is a bill that would do that. it has passed the house of representatives and is sitting in the senate. it does not have a path to get to the senate. it has 48 sponsors. it could get to 50, but it does not have a way around the filibuster. plan b is to take it to voters directly. here, they bieve they have the real advantage in the swing states and swing districts because the majority of the country is clearly pro roe v. wade. the difference has been republicans have had a good thing going because they could not mobilize their voters on the desire to overturn it without facing much of a backlash from the pro roe majority, given that abortion rights did not seemed threatened. now they are not only threatened, they could potentially be gone in the coming months. that is likely to awaken the democratic base. they view this as a mobilizing issue. republicans are less inclined to talk about this. it is le the dog that caught the car. what do they do now? yamiche: you are talking about

v wade, and he has argued and advocated in the past for codifying roe through passing the women's health protection act, and the ruling this morning is a reminder of how much these rights are at risk. julie f kay is an attorney and author of the book �*controlling women'. she helped litigate the first direct challenge to ireland's absolute abortion ban before the european court of human rights. shejoins me now from brooklyn. julie, quite confusing potentially, they are not blocking the law but abortion providers can challenge it. can you shed light on this? this rulin: you shed light on this? this ruling was _ you shed light on this? this ruling was really _ you shed light on this? this ruling was really more - ruling was really more procedural at this point. as we all know by now, the law in texas has been in effect for 100 days. it has almost ground abortion to a halt in texas and the supreme court has been ok with that in playing a really rough game with women's health and access to abortion. now it is saying that the lawsuit can go ahead but it is not putting pores on what is going

roe v. wade was one of the supreme court's biggest failures. today our gisttieses have an opportunity to right that wrong. at five week a baby's heart begins beating. at 10 weeks the child has arms, legs, fingers and toes. that pay by can kick and jump and startle while in the womb. they can taste and make facial expressions, yawn, hick cuff, suck their thumbs. those are the actions of a child. of a child. not a clump of cells. and more importantly, that child starts to feel pain only three weeks into development. inflicts unnecessary pain on an innocent child in the womb is not health care. abortion is not health care. this is not health care. this is a child. a life. ladies and gentlemen, abortion is an evil that has plagued this country for 50 long years. i call for the supreme court to act and to defend the lives and rights of our unborn. we must put an end to this pourturous practice that's denied almost 20% of young children their constitutional right to life. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. mrs. cammack: thank you to the gent

v wade, and he has argued and advocated in the past for codifying roe through passing the women's health protection act, and the ruling this morning is a reminder of how much these rights are at risk. it is a minor victory for abortion providers because it removes an obstacle. the texas lot has an unusual enforcement mechanism which was deliberately designed to prevent legal challenges. we are definitely seeing an impact. since the state is not enforcing it, that state has with that is unacceptable. it's created a path for the invoicing clinics to bring their lawsuits, although it's a narrow one. abortion rights activists are particularly dismayed the justices have not blocked the law in the meantime. president biden as well has that he is very concerned that it is still in effect. anti—abortion rights activists are celebrating that it remains in effect, but they are frustrated that the abortion clinics will be allowed to proceed with their lawsuits. a lot has had quite an effect in texas. many women seeking abortion now have to leave the state to get one, sometimes they even have to g

v wade, and he has argued and advocated in the past for codifying roe through passing the women's health protection act, and the ruling this morning is a reminder of how much these rights are at risk. julie f kay is an attorney and author of the book controlling women. she helped litigate the first direct challenge to ireland's absolute abortion ban before the european court of human rights. she's been explaining what this supreme court ruling does. this ruling was really more procedural at this point. as we all know, by now, the law in texas has been in effect for 100 days. it has almost ground abortion to a halt in texas and the supreme court has been ok with that and it has been playing a really rough game with women's health and with access to abortion. now, it is saying that the lawsuit can go ahead, but it's not putting pause on what is happening in texas while we figure out whether this is constitutional or not. so, you are saying it's not really that surprising, and many watching would say six weeks, i mean, that is a time many women do not know they are pregnant? right, these ar

a large majority of the population says don't overturn roe v. wade. that has been that for decades, it is still like this now. but the liberal justice effectively make this judgment that the court is going to have a real problem on attend not because it will be an unpopular decision, even though it would be. it would be a problem for the court if they overturn roe because roe is -- . nothing about the country has changed since roe. that would meaningfully affect the terms on which roe was settled. nothing about the constitution has changed since roe. that would meaningfully effect which was settled. nothing about science has changed enough to materially impact the way that roe was decided. none of those things have changed in any way, materially, that was worth throwing out generations of prospects around which americans have built their lies and expectations through what it means to be a free person living in this country. if the only reason to throughout that settled precedent is because -- is here. now then won't that make americans think that the

for 50 years roe v. wade has pitted women against their children, woman against woman. it is time now to stop and empower women and support life. >> i hope the supreme court is listening. i think if you want to see a revolution, go ahead, outlaw roe v. wade and see what the response is of the public, particularly young people. >> bill: let's talk to our panel now. there will be audio, shannon, and our audience will be able to hear the justices and the lawyers on both sides arguing this beginning in 58 minutes. >> that is a very helpful thing that will happen today. audio started coming out during coronavirus when the justices started holding hearings remotely by phone. occasionally in the past we would have to petition for same-day audio. it was a big fight. sometimes the court granted it and now they didn't. all of the audio happens with all of the arguments. i think it is fascinating people will be able to hear for themselves one of the biggest cases in decades. certainly on this issue of abortion and give transparency and insight that will hopefully be helpful to peo

the core of roe v. wade and the casey decision from 1992 is that the state has very different abilities to regulate abortion before and after viability. viability has been the key determinant in abortion law for 50 years. this mississippi law without question bans abortion before viability. and that's a question that the court is going to have to grapple with today and at least three of the conservatives i think are very likely to uphold the law and want to overturn roe v. wade. that's clarence thomas, as you pointed out earlier, neil gorsuch, and samuel alito. the other conservatives, you have chief justice john roberts who is actually said he wants to support the precedent of roe v. wade, at least in some circumstances, and the two people to keep an eye on today are brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, because they have not really talked about abortion since they have been appointed to the court and think they're the most important votes to watch today. >> and we will be watching, jeffrey toobin, ap

v wade, and he has argued and advocated in the past for codifying roe through passing the women's health protection act, and the ruling this morning is a reminder of how much these rights are at risk. amy hagstrom miller is president & chief executive of whole women's health which runs four clinics in texas. let's start off at this reaction to the ruling today. it's really disappointing. the supreme court had an opportunity to weigh in and protect women's health and safety in texas, and it is really devastating.- safety in texas, and it is really devastating. what is the effect of that _ really devastating. what is the effect of that ruling, _ really devastating. what is the effect of that ruling, do - really devastating. what is the effect of that ruling, do you i effect of that ruling, do you think? what effect will it have? also this lot has been in place since september. have you seen any changes based on what was decided then? we seen any changes based on what was decided then?— was decided then? we won on -a er was decided then? we won on paper today- _ was decided then? we won o

century, roe v. wade. >> we are going out into the community, educating folks. sophie: division is deep. these students are spreading the antiabortion because they are committed to, even in cases of rape. >> i was in that situation. i was scared. i was thinking, even if i am pregnant, it is amazing there is possibly a baby inside of me. sophie: even with roe v. wade, in some states it is so difficult to access reproductive care, some women have to travel thousands of miles across several states to get the help th need. >> are you ok? sophie: 19-year-old jessica, not her real name, has had to travel from texas to seattle. she was assaulted and could not get emergency contraception. her pregnancy test was negative but in the following weeks, r body continued to change. >> i was scared. i do not want any memory of that day, any connection to that person. i could not get any help for the pain i was going through. i could not get any support anywhere. i had to suffer in silence. >> when people are control

century, roe v. wade. >> we are going out into the community, educating folks. sophie: division is deep. these students are spreading the antiabortion because they are committed to, even in cases of rape. >> i was in that situation. i was scared. i was thinking, even if i am pregnant, it is amazing there is possibly a baby inside of me. sophie: even with roe v. wade, in some states it is so difficult to access reproductive care, some women have to travel thousands of miles across several states to get the help they need. >> are you ok? sophie: 19-year-old jessica, not her real name, has had to travel from texas to seattle. she was assaulted and could not get emergency contraception. her pregnancy test was negative but in the following weeks, her body continued to change. >> i was scared. i do not want any memory of that day, any connection to that person. i could not get any help for the pain i was going through. i could not get any support anywhere. i had to suffer in silence. >> when people are con

mississippi has banned abortion at 16 weeks of pregnancy. since roe v. wade, the law of the land has been the government cannot impose an undue burden on a woman's right to choose abortion before viability, which is, say, 22 to 24 weeks. so 16 weeks, everyone acknowledges is not a viable fetus. that is a -- if they uphold this law, roe v. wade is no longer the law of the land. that is enormously important. >> what's interesting to note is how transparent the state has been, right. in other cases,s you see them trying to wriggle around and say, well, this doesn't count for whatever reason. let's chip away at roe on the edges. this is a full-out brawl, a full-out desire to overturn the law that they have been explicit about. >> one reason the oral argument which will be so interesting, 10:00 eastern time, streamed by the court, will they try to find some sort of ground to uphold the law but not specifically overturn roe v. wade. that will be something from justice kavanaugh, justice parity, who have not spoken out. >> thank you very much. >> congresswoman

legitimacy of the supreme court were it to overturn itself by overturning roe v. wade. there has been no discussion about the perceived legitimacy of the federal district court in washington, d.c. and the circuit court of appeals in washington, d.c. and this system that steve bannon, roger stone, jeffrey clark, mark meadows now, are all playing because they know that that judicial system will give them all of the delay, the months of delay possibly the years of delay that they're looking for. >> lawrence, we saw this with don mcghan, ted and i were on the judiciary committee, we saw don mcghan's testimony after the mueller report came out, and they ran out the clock. they kept taking a knee until the term expired and the voters went to the polls, and 2020 not knowing what don mcghan's testimony would be. i support ted's legislation for inherent contempt. we should fine them $10,000 a day until they come in, and for mark meadows, the judge should hold him in contempt immediately once we refer it to them, and they should throw his own book at him for the privileges

word to overturn itself by overturning roe v. wade. there has been no discussion about the perceived legitimacy of the federal district court in washington d.c.. and the circuit court of appeal in washington d.c.. and the system that steve bannon, roger stone, jeffrey clark, mark meadows are all playing because they know that that judicial system will give them all of the delay, the months of delay, possibly the years of delay, that they are looking for. >> lawrence, we saw this before. we saw the testimony after the mueller report came out. and the run up the clock. they kept taking a knee until the term expired and the voters went to the poll in 2020 not knowing that his testimony would be of such. we should find them $10,000 a day until they can in. and for mark meadows, the judge should hold him in contempt immediately once we refer to them. and they should throw his own book at him for the privileges that he waved in his book. we can't do enough, and adam schiff legislation, by the way, protecting our democracy act, we will vote o

wade that has been there since 1973. but that seemed to be the solution that chief justice john roberts was interested in, he unared to this viability several times suggesting if there is a right to choose abortion, does it really have to go until 24 weeks, why couldn't it be, for example, 12 weeks or 15 weeks when most abortions take place, relatively early in prel nancy. that wasn't surprising in and of itself. i think what was more surprising that more of the justices didn't seem interested in that question. >> the one other thing, i definitely want to get the both of you to comment on is to the extent politics. is the undercurrent here. that was brought up very early in the oral arguments today by justice sotomayor. and here is just a part of what she said. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts. >> woodruff: marcia, she flat out said that these cases were brought because the court now has three new conservat

under roe v. wade, the viability standard we all know is 24 weeks. the argument that's going to be made by the state of mississippi is that the viability center has now shifted to 15 weeks, which is what is part of the mississippi law. i spoke to kristen about the viability center and she believes, in fact, viability is at conception. let's take a listen to what she had to say. >> right now with medical technology, a fetus is not viable, meaning it cannot survive outside of the womb at 15 weeks. at students for life and within the pro-life movement, all my friends who are here today, we would say that your viability, though, doesn't determine your worth or your value, that you are a human being, science proves that you are a human being at the moment of conception. >> i think they're out of touch with reality with what's really going on in certain areas of the world, especially in the southern states. these people aren't coming into these these people, to see what they're dealing with every day. they're not doing that. >> reporter: listen, jose, shan

again, the lines, if you think that roe v. wade should be overturned the line is 202-748-8000. if you're for keeping roe v. wade, that line, 202-748-8001. first up is robby in florida. >> caller: yes, i just would like to say good morning, and thank you for having these calls. i can remember back being 75 years old, when at 18, wanting to get birth control. i had to get a note from either my father or my husband in order to get birth control. and that was right here in florida. and young women today don't have any idea the kind of challenges that we have had to fight to break through so that we don't end up being like some of the women over in these middle eastern countries where they have to wear these full body coverings and they can't go out of their houses. we're stepping backwards with this court. they're showing themselves to be very political. and it shouldn't be a political football. of course, i believe that it also should be argued on the separation of church and state because i believe as most christians do that we're a spirit, not a body. and so therefore, i think t

and to keep roe v. wade, that line (202) 748-8001. scotus blog covered the daily goings-on of the u.s. supreme court. anyhow writing this piece majority of court appears poised to rollback abortion rights. she writes it has been nearly 30 years since the supreme court's decision in planned parenthood which reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion that the court first recognized in roe v. wade. only one justice who participated is still on that court now. clarence thomas, who joined arguing that roe was wrongly decided and that it can and should be overruled. on terms of the mississippi law, she writes that enacted by the mississippi legislature in 2018, the law known as the gestational age act has never gone into effect from the federal district court in the conservative u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit blocked the law, explaining that roe and casey bar states from banning abortions before fetal viability when the fetus can survive outside the womb. mississippi asked the justices to weigh-in after the court agreed to

course would do away with a big part of roe v wade which has you cannot ban abortions before viability. the question that came out then is what is the line then there should be if it's not my ability, not 15 weeks, how far can say is go? how far will they go to restrict abortion rights? are you saying then there is a middle ground between upholding the they mississippi law and not at the same time getting rid of roe v wade? there is a middle ground in that the court does not have to do away with the right altogether. they can say that states have to jump over some hurdles in order to pass restrictions. but if there were that middle ground of the court comes to, it would still be a pretty big victory for pro—life advocates who have really made it their goal to overturn roe v wade for the past several decades.— overturn roe v wade for the past several decades. ., ,, , ., , . several decades. thank you very much indeed for that. _ i'm joined now by the pollster ashley konig, who is at the center for public interest polling at rutgers university. i was listening to the liberal justices

roe v. wade decision. the court's three liberal judges warned that reversing roe would damage the court's legitimacy. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? amy: we will hear excerpts from the oral arguments and speak to professor katie rogers and planned parenthood federation of america chief alexis mcgill johnson. then we go to france where president macron has conducted --inducted josephine baker into the pantheon as racism is on the rise and france with the far right xenophobic writer eric zemmour launching a run for the presidency. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court's conservative justices appeared ready to dramatically roll back reproductive rights wednesday as the court heard oral arguments on a challenge to mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. the case is being closely wa

right now, under roe v. wade, the 15 week limit cannot stand. he could only stand if roe v. wade is set aside. it doesn't pass the viability test casey has determined wrote -- roe as having. through the years, all of the states passing the most ambitious laws that they could, gestation limits based on the pain of the child. none of them have been allowed to go make their way to the lobby because of roe. almost half a century of this has led to some understanding among experts and constitutional lawyers. it created more civic problems than it helped set aside. that frustration has led to more supreme court justices who see the constitutional nature of this question and are really concerned about getting it right, we hope. we have three additional supreme court justices. we think there is more hope that we would uphold a 15 week limit. therefore setting aside perhaps for other states the ability to do the same. host: let's go to north carolina on the republican line, hi there. caller: i don't agree with abortion. it should be made illegal. host: you are getting a bit confused,

sarah weddington, the lawyer who won their landmark roe v. wade case in the u.s., has died at the age of 76. her victory at the u.s. supreme court give american women the right to an abortion. she died at her home in texas. a u.s. cruiseship carrying more than 1000 passengers returned to port after an outbreak of covid-19. the holland america shape was supposed to dock in mexico but was turned away by authorities. the eighth round at discussions are resuming in vienna. the talks are between germany, the uk, france, russia, china, as well as iran. since the united states pulled out of the deal, tehran has increased its enrichment of uranium and restricted inspectors. sanctions introduced in response have hit iran hard. at present, it is shaping less than a quarter of the oil it did in 2018, and the drop in exports has meant economic hardship for many iranians. reporter: hope is in short supply in this commercial district of old tehran. as the talks in far-off vienna drag on, even small items on offer here are getting more expensive by the day,