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office, and it just took us long to get there. i remember saying on our air, in 2018, when justice kennedy retired, that one of the consequences of that would be that abortion would be illegal in half the country within two years. and i was wrong, it was four years. but the fact that this is foretold doesnt make it any less shocking. >> im gonna go watch your show now. >> thanks, chris. good to see you, my friend. thank you. >> and thanks to you at home for being with us this hour. its...

gretchen whitmer, london lamar, and senator elizabeth warren all join me live. all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from los angeles. i am chris hayes. it is a brutal day for american democracy, for american women, specifically, for all americans could become pregnant. for all americans, really. it right enshrined in the constitution as intimate as any right one could imagine. it has been discarded and destroyed by five unelected justices. three of whom were appointed, ...

wasnt as constitutional then today might make you think. for example, it was not a particularly controversial decision among american evangelicals. the southern baptist convection, they adopted pro abortion resolutions regularly during the 1970s and the december baptist. when roe was handed down, the southern baptist convention welcomed and explained why. he said i felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person a...

regularly during the 1970s, including after the roe decision in 1973, the southern bout this. when roe was handed down in 73, though, the former president of the southern baptist convention welcomed it and explained why. he said, quote, i was about that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person. it is always there for seem to me what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed. southern path this conve...

Immediately effectuate outright bans on abortion in many states. so, we are going to talk about this that over the course of this hour. but it also really does foreshadow a future case, perhaps quickly, a future ruling, in which the supreme court will outright ban abortion themselves in every state. and it is worth getting real about that. justice thomas today in his concurrence spelled out the rights that he wants thrown out next beyond abortion, now that theyve taken care of roe. he wants gris...

People who would enacted. this is a very well organized, well staffed, well funded, very committed, very radical -- in its prime -- movement. that still sees it as a problem that the blue states are still going to have abortion rights. i mean, overturning roe today immediately effectuate outright bans on abortion in many states. so, we are going to talk about this that over the course of this hour. but it also really does foreshadow a future case, perhaps quickly, a future ruling, in which the s...

Republican controlled states, to try to enact those most restrictive rules too. wanting to ban worsen became much as the litmus test. questions for republican would be elected officials, at overtime, they made sure it was the litmus test for judges to be nominated by republicans. and at first, it was kind of tacit, like everybody knew it, but nobody would admit to it. between public and white houses and converse of activists. by 2016, though, republican president donald trump just made it offici...

Rest of the country is, this idea that these maybe need to be fought in the states. per hats there are states constitutional provisions to protect a womans right to choose. its not an explicit issue in the constitution but there are provisions, and equal protection clause, and the issue is about bodily on tony. the same one that was used, by the way, to challenge vaccines, and masking, and shutdown orders, earlier in the pandemic. so there may be a lesson there for other states. >> dahlia, even ...

Ruling came down was to curb how we really now need a nationwide abortion ban, dont leave it to the states, ban it nationwide. house speaker nancy pelosi today pointed right at that, as what to expect next from them. >> in the congress, be aware of this -- the republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. they cannot be allowed to have a majority in the congress to do that. but that is their goal. >> thats their goal. this is where we are. of course, as long as a democrats president, any d...

That still sees it as a problem that the blue states are still going to have abortion rights. i mean, overturning roe today immediately effectuate outright bans on abortion in many states. so, we are going to talk about this that over the course of this hour. but it also really does foreshadow a future case, perhaps quickly, a future ruling, in which the supreme court will outright ban abortion themselves in every state. and it is worth getting real about that. justice thomas today in his concur...