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By a medical professional. its not abortion by demand, through the ninth month. so i support that ballot initiative. i think its written directly and codifies roe, where without that were facing a 1931 ban. >> just on the issue of third trimester abortion. should there be restrictions to that? >> yes. i agree with the proposal which says up to viability, but afterwards you need the inputs of a medical professional. i think thats the right place for our state. >> you have prided yourself on being...

This draft opinion was circulated on february 10th, so a lot could have changed. but if this opinion holds and if it was ultimately released by the court, this would be a 5-4 decision overturning roe v. wade, and jim and erica, were already seeing states react to this. democratic governors, republican governors, crucially there are estimates that about half the states would ban abortion if roe were overturned. we have seen many states already acting to enact legislation that would ban or severel...

Overnight to access abortion, you may not realize just how close we are to the end of access. but here we are and the message could not be more clear. this is whats coming and it will be incumbent upon states to take action and to protect the people who live within the borders. >> stay with me for a minute. i want to go to my colleague jeremy diamond at the white house where there has just been a statement released from president biden. jeremy, what is he saying? >> reporter: we have this first ...

That could mean nationwide. do you see that in the future here? >> federal protections have been important. and i am hopeful that youll be able to see more of those in the future. the reality for the patients we serve is that even when roe is and it is today the law of the land, we have people who cannot get abortion in our regions past six weeks. we have people who cannot arrange for two trips to a health center to get care. it is not a protected right that exists in the way it does in other pa...

More than half the states in the country are certain or likely to ban abortion if the supreme court does overturn roe. one of the states, oklahoma. the states governor could sign a bill any day now which has been modeled after the controversial texas law. in oklahoma, this law would essentially ban most abortions and it would allow private citizens to enforce the law through lawsuits. joining me is emily wales, interim president and ceo of planned parenthood great planes. her organization covers...

Previous efforts that his administration has made so far as we have seen several of these other states overturn or degrade womens right to choose in various states across the country. saying that his administration has been looking at ways that it can use federal government powers to try and restrict what this administration sees as a backsliding of those fundamental rights. and he says we will be ready when any ruling is issued as a result of those efforts and finally the president also talks a...

For what we need to do going forward. >> new jersey is a state that has protections. its own state wide protects for a womens right to choose. do you expect that new jersey would, again, if this turns out to be true and roe is overturned become something of a haven, of a place where women would come from outside a state to get abortions? >> certainly, but we know that so many of the women who seek abortions dont have access to resources. so when youre talking about large parts of the south, larg...

Majority in the house to adopt legislation that codifies roe, which i will work to pass and sign into law. now, we heard the president previously say that he believes that the roe v. wade fundamental right to access abortion should be codified into legislation. right now with the current makeup of the house and the senate, that is not possible. as long as the filibuster remains in place, that is not possible, so you see the president here going to be making that case heading into the midterm ele...

Have fewer rights than they did a year ago. but at the same time there is something empowering, not being able to say out loud this is what is happening. the supreme court is going to overturn roe, it seems very clear in the draft decision, thats the plan. and now we mobilize and pushback and fight for our patients. >> you mentioned youve been in many ways preparing for this for some time. mikie sherrill was just on and said to jim sciutto, you know, sort of similar, you could see this coming an...