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Them themselves are now afraid that they may be caught under the law of aiding women -- of which is a violation under the texas ban. so its like everywhere you turn, institutionally and also in the traditional grassroots. >> this law obviously comes against a backdrop of texas beginning to process of redistricting after the 2020 census. since republicans control the liefers of power, how can they use this process to cement the control and potentially further erode peoples rights? >> right. so it...

Performing or aiding and abetting an abortion and reward them $10,000 if theyre successful. 23 house democrats led by house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler penned a letter to attorney general merrick garland requesting he use the full power of the justice department to protect a womans right to choose and to combat that pernicious provision. they write this, quote. we urge you to take legal action up to and including the criminal prosecution of would be vigilantes attempting to use the...

Legal fees for any driver indefinite and would it span all of those states? >> that is our intention, yes, poppy. obviously every state may enact its own laws. this texas law is unique in that it has this private right of action which is as we just heard on the clip a bound too for for even republican congress people. but, yes, lyft wants to support its drivers in this. the over breadth nature of the law where it said that anyone could be liable for aiding or abetting is just unique and it is eg...

Told us about the covid vaccine was wrong. >> and on social media. >> whats in the vaccine? give me the insert sheet. >> we literally have come up with an incredibly safe and efficacious vaccine. people are behind me screaming about how its tyranny and its communism. >> there are also sharp divisions between the two americas over the results of the election, the january 6th insurrection, the border, guns and abortion. now, likely to produce a national political battle leading up to the next elec...

>> a bill that im about to sign that ensures that the life of every unborn child who has a heart beat will be saved from the ravages of abortion. >> chris: that was texas governor greg abbott back in may signing a law that bans abortions after about six weeks, when a fetal heart beat can be detected and deputizing private citizens to sue anyone for aiding and abetting the procedure. our sunday group, the dispatch, katherine lucy who covers the white house for the "wall street journal" and democr...

>> a bill that im about to sign that ensures that the life of every unborn child who has a heart beat will be saved from the ravages of abortion. >> chris: that was texas governor greg abbott back in may signing a law that bans abortions after about six weeks, when a fetal heart beat can be detected and deputizing private citizens to sue anyone for aiding and abetting the procedure. our sunday group, the dispatch, katherine lucy who covers the white house for the "wall street journal" and democr...

>> misinformation has spread rapidly on conservative media. >> a plan is now under way to use vaccine mandates to take your guns. >> virtually everything that told us about the covid vaccine was wrong. >> and on social media. >> whats in the vaccine? give me the insert sheet. >> we literally have come up with an incredibly safe and efficacious vaccine. people are behind me screaming about how its tyranny and its communism. >> theyre also sharp divisions between the two americas over the results ...

That planned parent hood brought against right to life in texas, but thats a very narrow ruling. its a temporary injunction that will last two weeks, and then well see what happens. but the idea that any stranger could sue an uber driver or a lyft driver or anyone who they say is aiding and abetting a woman they dont even know to get an abortion is -- it will have a chilling effect. >> what if that woman was raped? >> right. a mom who drives her pregnant daughter to get an abortion and brings he...

Draconian abortion law in nearly a half a century to stand. i particularly want to ask you about the part of the law that turns ordinary people into vigilantes because the state does not enforce this ban but rather deputizes texans into suing anyone involved in aiding and abetting the procedure for $10,000. what will this look like on the ground, and do you expect to see republicans try this trick for things other than abortion? >> well, thank you for having me, reverend. and im wearing my mask ...

Well, congressman, first of all, thank you for joining me. i -- i want to start in your home state where the supreme courts inactions has allowed the most draconian abortion law in nearly a half a century to stand. i, particularly, want to ask you about the part of the law that turns ordinary people into vigilantes because the state did not enforce this ban but, rather, deputized texans into suing anyone involved in aiding and abetting the procedure for $10,000. what will this look like on the g...