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To get an abortion. theyre taking abortion pills, that has been reported as well. so people are still trying to get an abortion when its not possible for them, so when it is illegal, which by the way, abortion rights, pro-choice groups say -- want everyone to know that it is still legal at this moment. that abortion is still legal. this is not a final decision yet. but people will still try to get an abortion if they want one. that could make it very dangerous if these abortion groups warn, and ...

We laid down arms and we were taken to a hut. first we were commanded to lie down with our faces down and we -- we were kept in that position for about seven hours. and then for about two or three hours they were interrogating us in the hut. they gave us food and tea and then eventually we had to board a patrol boat and leave for the russian federation. and we had to surrender under these conditions because they were firing -- we had no arms left. they were firing on all our positions from sea b...

Casey decision came out. they were surprised what david suitor and sandra day oconnor republican appointees voted to uphold roe versus wade. the scrutiny that republican appointees to the court have gotten since then is very different. they have been scrubbed to make sure that they will vote to overturn roe v wade and today we look -- it looked to me at least like that effort is on the verge of success. >> who do those hearings -- do they even matter? because kavanaugh said confirmation, he said...

Is that you cant accommodate both interests. you have to pick. thats the fund mamental proble >> i thought he said this was settled at his hearings. >> and susan collins based the vote for his confirmation on the idea it was settled. that was then. >> that was then. conservatives have been working for a long time to get a court like this. >> decades. decades. the supreme court has been the great conservative project and roe v wade is the great target of that project and they thought they came cl...

At one point quoting directly from the casey decision justice breyer seemed to be speaking directly to his colleagues. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? >> to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. >> just breyer started with stare decisis, an important princ...

About this issue of viability. because you will hear a lot about that today and the time difference of 24 weeks versus 15 weeks but that original roe decision dealt with viability back then, is that right? >> it did. many people dont understand roe was effectively gutted in the casey decision. all the supreme court did leave in terms of roe was the idea of the protected right to abortion. but they basically got rid of most of what was roe in the trimester system approach. they replaced it with a...

Most conservative, correct me if im wrong there, blocked it saying it violated, right, it violated roe and supreme court precedent. is there anything to read into the path that this law has taken in getting to the supreme court? >> you know, i dont really think there is any -- i dont think there is much to read into it to answer your question. i think, you know, this law is in conflict with roe v. wade, as you said, the core principle of roe v. wade is that states have very limited ability to re...

Have a lot more science and information than we did back in the 70s. does that play into tomorrows argument at the court? >> yeah. you wouldnt think the scientific advances should affect the law but because roe wasnt based on the legal question it really is based on what we now know to sometimes be inaccurate historical and scientific assumptions, it is relevant. when casey decision has pinned abortion access to viability, we know thats a moving standard and as technology gets better that date m...

About that. that may give the mr. chairmans a chance to win this procedural case. its important to point out, even if the biden administration and the abortion providers win, b that doesnt mean they will succeed in striking down the law. >> thats exactly right. >> theyll get a ruling on the merits. >> so then talk to me about the mississippi law thats coming before this same court next month. it is, as opposed to what were talking about with texas, the mississippi law is a direct challenge to th...

Simultaneously, of course, understanding what the state has done here is essentially try to abrogate its role in creating an undue burden on women to private attorneys general, these vigilante citizens who dont even have to claim any personal harm in order to bring the suit. >> well, i mean, jeff, just the timing of this, how long do you think a lawsuit like this might take to make its way through the legal system? >> well, quite some time and thats what is so outrageous about this situation and...