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Strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision, the draft opinion is a full-throated unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision, which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. and also, a subsequent 1992 decision, planned parenthood v. casey, which largely maintain the right. a leader writes, roe was egregiously wrong for the start, we hold that roe and casey must be overturned, it is time to e heed the constitution, and return the issue of the abortion to the elected r...

Timeline. as theyve gotten close to knowing that a ruling like this is likely coming, weve now started to see, there used to be a taboo on saying that the doctors would go to prison. and now theyre saying, in some states there talking about bluntly the doctors will go to prison. even more acutely, there used to be until very recently there was a taboo of saying that a woman, or even a child who is raped or the victim of incest, at least they wouldnt be forced by the government to give birth agai...

>> duluth, wake senior editor at slate magazine, thank you for time tonight kelly, as we continue to respond to this breaking news. i know its hard to talk about something as were still absorbing, and and none of us had time to read 90 pages of this opinion, let alone the 37-page appendix, thanks for helping us as were learning it. >> thanks, rachel. >> i want to bring into the conversation now, one of the members of congress who is most qualified to talk about this matter, specifically because ...

July. so, its fair to say that this is a situation that is unresolved at this point, and i cant promise you that various things may not change between now and late june. >> josh, in terms of the substance of this opinion, as written, i get news draft the majority opinion. with the caveat that this is a historically unprecedented lead of what appears to be a draft majority opinion from the court before any ruling was issued, with the caveat you just described as if this might go through any chang...

Evolved since roe v. wade was handed down in 1973, so it really seems like alito is trying to cobble together a majority. people can also look at it, and we think how much does it do to address the concerns of shea chief, roberts and the credibility of the court and the -- to the chiefs concerns. which also supports the notion that, maybe he is not expecting to be part of this opinion. josh, in terms of the likely impact of a ruling if it doesnt its final form look like whatever parted and publi...

Thanks for coming on tonight, after such short notice, i know that you did know four minutes ago you wouldnt be on tv talk to me about this. >> no problem, rachel, happy to join you. >> im not going to pressure you, of course, on your sourcing here. but i want to press you on your confidence in your sourcing. obviously, this is a very unusual, if not completely historically unprecedented leak. a document that purports to be the draft majority opinion of the supreme court, before they have issued...

Justice has made him ruling, now let him enforce it. and that is, again, a sort of right wing man on a whitehorse fantasy about the kind of government and governing that they want. but it also shows that the court isnt in a safe position from the right, right now. and its i think come under very serious scrutiny from the left, in terms of the ethics issue surrounding justice thomas and his wife, and her involvement in political issues related to cases before her husband in the court. the legitim...

Overruled. the constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision. one paragraph down from that it says,, quote, stare decisis, the basis on which it was -- unending adherence, to roes abuse of judicial authority. it was egregiously wrong from the start, and the decision has had damaging consequences. if, in fact, this ruling survives, which is no reason to expect that it won at least in substance do so, from what we understand ...

Our understanding is that, you know, most of his republican colleagues want to go ahead and take down roe v. wade. that said, where the beginning of may here, and his final decision likely wont be published until the end of june, perhaps, even the beginning of july. so, its fair to say that this is a situation that is unresolved at this point, and i cant promise you that various things may not change between now and late june. >> josh, in terms of the substance of this opinion, as written, i get...

People figure know what the stakes are of their vote in november, in terms of the midterms, putting whichever party in control of the -- will among other things determine whether were about to become a country that bans abortion nationwide. >> we should also just note, and obviously this is something you reported on as well as anyone on all of television. there is, i think 25 or 26 states that have trigger laws, that when roe is struck, down abortion becomes illegal that instant. you could be li...