supreme court. now, i know there s a draft opinion, and it was leaked and it purports to say that, yes, the writing is on the wall. and no one should be naive to the prospect that roe v. wade may, in fact, be overturned. and yet, roe v. wade, again, sitting here today is still supposed to be the law of the land until the supreme court officially says otherwise. but for some governors and abortion clinic operators, the leaked opinion was enough. it s given license to governors to try to anticipate that overturning roe v. wade, according to that opinion, will allow them to decide the issue. remember, alito wanted it to go back to the states. it s about having the individual states being the one to decide how their state will operate. and because of it, some governors are now signing legislation accordingly or hoping to be able to soon. and for some abortion clinic operators, well, state abortion bans have made them stop providing the service entirely out of fear of being sued.
texas. you ll be able to have a civilian enforcement component, where you can be sued if you aid and abet or are suspected or helping somebody have an abortion. and this, all that i ve talked about today, will likely take effect even while roe v. wade still stands, even though we know that long-settled law protecting abortion rights could could be overturned by the supreme court. i have to tell you, i m not naive, and i know you are not either. but as a lawyer, as a voter, as a human being, as a woman, as a person, i m concerned about the effect of states getting ahead of their constitutional skis, so to speak. let s expand beyond abortion in the context of the conversation to really understand why this moment is so impactful. what s the impact of states making laws if they re conservative or liberal, doesn t matter how the law leans and is perceived. but making a law that goes