that s because another judge i washington state also on frida night issued a competing rulin that effectively protect access to mifepristone but only in 17 states as wel as d.c.. the justice truman s already also filed an appeal of th texas decision that will ask the supreme court for emergenc relief but if no higher court acts by friday then matthews order could take effect and all of this will likely end up before the supreme court. so if you thought the dobb decision was the last word o the rollback of women s rights in this country, by our cour system, judge has america th other plans. joining me now is democratic senator catherine cortez masto of nevada. thank you so much for joinin me here this morning the dobbs decision was i think unquestionably a fire alarm fo abortion access for millions o women across the country you senator have been sounding the alarm over access to mifepristone for months.
decisions, she should have all of the available information and medication, access, science, and doctors. to make the decisions that are important for her. it s starting with the - now they re taking away key that women need with their doctors to make thes decisions. that was with my colleague jen psak earlier today. senator cortez masto has bee the most vocal lawmakers speaking out against the rulin from a texas judge that puts t future of abortion medicatio in all 50 states and out i want to continue the discussion with rachel overl women s march. so, rachel the last time you and i talked was really hour before the decision came dow what is it even look like no to deprive women of this medication i think it looks the same now as it does then we, it attack on democracy itself wil see the case moving very quickly to the supreme court with the competing case coming
ruling stands, millions of women across the country wil be impacted aids, because more than half of all abortions are medical abortions. using this to pale met regimen that includes mid upper stone. even in some states wher abortion is legal this rulin may mean that women can no longer go to the pharmacy to get the pill they might need to go for it directly to a provider the problem with that is tha as of now only 36 states eve have legal abortion providers. and many of those are alread overwhelmed by the influx of patients coming from other states where abortion is now illegal. that all means that patients may have to wait weeks o months for an appointment an that patients seeking an abortion, patient seekin consultation with a doctor in short, this is all going to dramatically cut access fo women. but the impact is also far mor reaching for the medical community. this judge has no medica background none whatsoever.
painful. again, putting all of this burden on women. meanwhile, the legal pat forward may also sound a littl bit complicated. that s because another judge i washington state also on frida night issued a competing rulin that effectively protect access to mifepristone but only in 17 states as wel as d.c.. and the justice department has also already filed an appeal o the texas decision and the could ask the supreme court fo emergency relief if no higher court acts by friday, matthew kacsmaryk orde will take effect and all this will likely end u before the supreme court so if you thought the dobb decision was the last word o the rollback of women s rights in this country by our court system, judge kacsmaryk ha other plans. joining me now is democratic senator but catherine cortez masto of nevada. thank you so much for joinin me here this morning the dobbs decision was, i think,
democratic process but to us every tool in the power to outlaw the motion in every state. kicking us off tonight, msnb contributor miss summary she is greystone s professor o law and back - leadership network at nyu. melissa, what would it loo like for the supreme court t take the abortion pill cases and how soon can that happen i think this is on a fast rocket to the supreme court. there is no way this doesn t g to the supreme court eventually right now, the judge s rulin is going to appeal to the fift circuit. it s a famously conservative court but that court doesn t have to do anything. judge casts a mare issued seven-day stay seven days before his stat goes into effect the fifth circuit set on thi for seven days and that woul really put this in the questio of whether goes to the supreme court. i think the fda would have t seek approval at the supreme court. they could ask which - has happened before. get the supreme court to tak this up to resolve the conflic