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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...

Because this is part of a political project. this is a 40 years in the making project. for big, well staffed, well funded, very radical project of the american political right and the republican party. and i say its very radical, on purpose. i mean that both in terms of its aims, were seeing that today. but also, in terms of its tactics. its and polite to say this i know, but the antiabortion wing of the conservative movement and republican party has long had an armed wing, a terrorist wing, thi...

Between these two rulings? only consistent principle between these two rulings in two days is that conservatives have power on this court. and they will now wielded however they want, to achieve whatever outcomes they want, to change the country however they want without restriction. and you must do what they say. but again, i think it is helpful to not try to find some evolution in conservative jurisprudence here. this isnt that kind of ruling. this is a political project. this is the culminati...

Longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. thats nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to giv...

It is not that there was not disagreement over abortion or that there were not strong feelings from various corners about roe v. wade, but it was different, and it specifically was not really a politics issue. it was not an issue that sweet elections or as part of the two parties political platforms. contrary to popular belief, roe v. wade in 1973 did not spark some immediate big backlash among conservatives and evangelicals and republicans. it evolved differently, and it is important to know th...

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...

Handguns but they can force you to give birth to a child against your will. a 111 year old precedent 1:50-year-old president precedent. whats the consistent role between these two rulings? only consistent principle between these two rulings in two days is that conservatives have power on this court. and they will now wielded however they want, to achieve whatever outcomes they want, to change the country however they want without restriction. and you must do what they say. but again, i think it ...