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>> activists are bracing for a new battle over one of the nations starkest political divides. >> this case is about whether the supreme court is going to adhere to an almost 50-year precedent of respecting the individual liberty to make decisions about pregnancy. >> unborn babies are human beings, and they should be protected as any human being would. >> in arguments on wednesday, chief justice john roberts signaled he might uphold the mississippi law without explicitly overturning roe. >> if it...

Trampling on the freedom of womens rights, trampling on the freedom to vote, will not reduce to reduce prescription drug costs, will not be there for your child care? there are going to be -- all of this is going to be on the ballot in this election. >> let me ask you about the political ramifications. this is something you said in your campaign about pro-life democrats. take a listen. >> i believe were a big tent party, and there are pro-life democrats and they are part of our party, and i thin...

At the same time there are political consequences as well. the case could actually brighten what is a grim outlook right now for democrats in 2022. the court has long been an energizing issue for republican voters. could the neutering of roe now anger energizing democrats and women in general as we head toward the midterm elections? the abortion debate is perhaps the longest running example over an increasingly divided america. none of those divisive issues have the emotional power and relevance...

Right side of the aisle on this. what i sensed from senator braun was a discomfort on the issue. hes 100% pro-life. he campaigned on it as a senator. but he did seem uncomfortable being defin active. what does that tell us about the concern on the right about the politics of this? >> i agree with you he did seem uncomfortable talking about it. i dont know that that necessarily represents a broader lack of willingness or eager innocence among conservatives to talk about it. when you look at the p...

Term that she may not want to do. >> you might try to create that as an issue of equivalency. i dont. in this case of a vaccine mandate -- i think clearly the turf i chose to pursue would be doing it through the congressional review act. that was set up for the intended purpose of an executive branch that got into overdrive. and i chose to go that route and got all of the republican senators on board quickly. now its bipartisan. joe manchin decided to come on and not do it tacitly to where hes g...

Arrested for getting an abortion. theres also a question thats more complicated than it was in the 90s when roe seemed like it was on the chopping block, the abortion pill. if a woman gets an abortion pill in a state that doesnt allow abortion, who is going to look in the mail and say this is a problem. for folks that are conservatives who have talked about not having a police state, ive talked to some abortion advocates who say isnt that what they say theyre against, a police state where people...

Eugene daniels, errin haynes, editor-at-large of the 19th and stephen hayes, founder of the dispatch. welcome to sunday, its "meet the press." oomz welcome >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. a good sunday morning. were going to take a look at the supreme court abortion case from two perspectives today, the practical and the political. what was clear from the arguments this past week is a six-vote ...

It was never enumerated in the constitution that this would be something that would be done at the federal level. and it takes the decibel level, the caustic nature of politics as we see it here in d.c., takes it to another place. >> i understand. you dont believe, though, this should be a baseline protection of a woman being able to have access to abortion. you dont believe there should be any baseline protection for that. >> i think its a difference, again, without the specificity of this issu...