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Procedural question. really about whether this vigilante provision means that you can actually even sue texas, or its officials. its not a judgment on whether roe v. wade is going to be the law of the land. and so if my prediction is right, and texas loses in the supreme court, todays royal argument that doesnt mean that this supreme court is going to now uphold roe v. wade or anything like that. and indeed, a month from today, well be hearing a case for mississippi which is designed to overrule...

Going to hurt the gop is with educated-suburban women. michael, youre from the suburban-philadelphia area. you know what i am talking about. >> yep. >> republicans have been just -- have been just hemorrhaging voters in the suburbs. and an issue like this will further compound the problem. so, sure, this law may help some republicans in some ruby-red districts. but in the swing districts that republicans need to win back, this issue is a major setback. i mean, no exceptions for rape or incest. i...

I mean, no exceptions for rape or incest. it practically bans abortion, at six weeks, the bounty provision, the snitch provision, theres kind of an eerily orwellian feature to this thing. it just doesnt, you know, most people who arent obsessed with this issue are going to look at this, like the terry schiavo issue, why are they doing this, that denies common sense and are offensive to many peoples sensibilities. whether youre for abortion or not. >> it remains to be seen. historically, i think ...

The fact that they have taken up this dobbs case. so i think it does not bode well for the future of abortion rights in this country. >> barbara, i want to ask you about this provision in the texas law, the so-called bounty provision where private citizens are encouraged to hunt down people seeking abortions, to call in people they know who they heard might get an abortion, that includes relatives to track down a taxi driver to get them if they drive someone to get an abortion, and then get $10,...

Dont have any intention with going forward with enforcing the law so were not going to put in place an injunction that would keep the law from going into effect. thats why this is now the law in texas. the substantive issues remain to be decided. but justice soto mayor is correct when she says this is putting your head in the sand because the impact of letting the law go forward is to create such an atmosphere of suspicion and uncertainty in texas that abortion has all but come to an end in that...