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>> but if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> the fetus has an interest in having a life and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> the reason this issue is hard is that you cant accommodate both interests. you have to pick. thats the fundamental problem. >> 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...

>> why would 15 weeks be an inappropriate line? viability it seems doesnt have anything to do with choice, but if it really is an issue of choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> reporter: justice alito seemed to want to go further. >> the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> reporter: u.s. solicitor general elizabeth prelogar, who argued the case on behalf of the federal government warned ab...

States, or states still could or presumably would continue to freely allow abortion, some states would be able to do that even if you prevail. >> viability it seems to me doesnt have anything to do with choice. if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> this is important for you to understand. the supreme court has never agr...

Enough time? >> reporter: justice alito seemed to want to go further. >> the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> reporter: u.s. solicitor general elizabeth prelogger, who argued the case on behalf of the federal government warned about the dire consequences of overturning roe. >> nearly half of the states already have or are expected to enact bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, many wit...

Continue? >> viability is the principled line your honor. >> im trying to see whether it is a principled line. do you agree with me at least on that point. a woman still has the same interest in terminating her pregnancy after the viability line has been crossed. >> yes, but the court balanced the interests in ordering the interests of the states. >> the other side. the fetus has an interest in having a life and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viab...

Does not the woman have the same interest that she had before viability in being free of this pregnancy? that she no longer wants to continue? >> viability is a principled line, your honor, because in ordering the -- >> im trying to see whether it is a principle line. do you agree with me on that point? a woman still has the same interest in terminating her pregnancy after the viability line has been crossed? >> yes, yoush, but the court balanced the interest -- >> look at the interest on the ot...

They poison the law. >> justice sotomayor, a consistent supporter of abortion rights, grilled stewart. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? i -- i dont see how it is possible. >> reporter: while chief justice roberts appeared to be looking for a middle ground to allow states to ban abortion earlier than 23 to 24 weeks when a fetus is considered viable. >> but if it really is an issue ...

At which theyve had the fair choice, opportunity to choice, and why would 15 weeks be an inappropriate line, so viability it seems to me doesnt have anything to do with choice. but if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> okay. so what did you hear there, gloria? >> im hearing somebody who doesnt really understand that sometimes in the early stages, a woman might not even know shes pregnant for some time, you know, depending on how her body changes or doesnt cha...

>> the report has never revoked a right. justice alito seemed to speak for most of the conservative members of the court taking aim at the viability that was established in roe. >> the fetus has an interest in having a life. and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> during arguments justice kavanaugh took the position that abortion want remanded to the states. it is considered an extreme restriction on the rights of women across the country...

Say what the law is. here is alito. >> the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesnt change. does it? from the point before viability to the point after viability. >> emily. >> well, i think it is pretty clear that alito and justice gorsuch and thomas are ready to overturn roe. the votes in play are from chief justice roberts and maybe kavanaugh or barrett. i thought kavanaugh invoking a great hit list of overruling of precedent and how important that has been under scored his feel...