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Generation. joining us is cnns supreme court analyst. joan, explain why this case is important and poses such a threat to roe vs. wade. >> good to see you and victor. i have to say, theres been so much anticipation for tomorrows hearing. so much build up politically and legally and rightly so. the mississippi law at issue here would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. and what roe v. wade said in 1973 is that a woman has a right to end a pregnancy before viability. that is when a fetus ca...

The nearly 50-year-old decision of roe vs. wade, which said a womans right to an abortion, up until fetal viability, is protected by the u.s. constitution. the case the high court will hear, dobbs vs. jackson womens health organization, essentially outlaws abortion after 15 weeks, much sooner than what is established in roe. noting this case is significant, "the new york times" describes it as, quote, setting the stage for what could be the most consequential abortion rights ruling in decades. t...

And what i worry about, and what i think everyone is concerned about is a return to unsafe abortions, and so what were fighting for is to make abortions safe, to make them legal, to make them accessible, and to make sure that everyone, regardless of their income, regardless of their background, have access to safe and legal abortions. and thats why were working, and im really proud to say that we have the most pro-choice caucus, democratic caucus ever. i co-chair the pro-choice caucus. congressw...

Make our radar tonight. this was day one in the federal criminal trial of maxwell. shes accused of under age girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein. who youll recall died in prison. two years ago. while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. and on wednesday, the u.s. supreme court will hear oral arguments in a closely watched case involving a mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. this case is being seen by many as a direct challenge to roe vs. wade. during an interestin...

>> i was one of the lucky ones, madam chair. a lot of girls and women in my generation didnt make it. they died from unsafe abortions. in the 1960s, unsafe, septic abortions were the primary killer, primary killer of african american women. >> congresswoman, you had to leave the country to get an abortion, so you have lived what it was like in this country when abortion was not a part of womens healthcare that they could get access to. do you think things could get that dire that quickly in this...

Supreme court on mississippis abortion law. this a direct challenge to roe vs. wade. >> and for this reason. roe and all the follow-on decisions have said that states can restrict abortion up to the point of viability but cannot ban it, viability being the point where a fetus could exist outside the woman which is generally thought about 24 weeks. mississippi says we want to ban abortion after 15 weeks. so if the supreme court upholds the mississippi law that is a direct upcutting of the law. an...

Goldberg is a new york columnist and brought up the point at the moment were talking about roe vs. wade a lot of the american right is obsessed with bodily autonomy and my body my choice when it comes to vaccines. she says this feminists have always known if men could get pregnant abortion would be a non-issue. it demonstrates this more than any hypothetical could. many on the right believe its tyranny to be told to put something they dont want in or on their bodies in order to save lives. i won...

>> bill: barbados is the newest republic after parting ways from queen elizabeth the second. prince charles spoke at a ceremony there in which the island nation removed the queen as head of state and then swore in its first-ever president sandra mason. barbados says it will help the country move on from its colonial history. how about that? >> december 1st major case out of mississippi, the dobbs case, that essentially bans most abortions after 15 weeks. it will be heard on the substance. it is ...

Requires us to galvanize the american public and make sure that they understand whats been placed at stake, and i thank the leadership of congresswoman lee and democrats in the house for standing up for womens access to abortion, and the senate needs to act as well. i think that we are at a stage right now where there is such a threat to democratic governance, and that includes the right -- the constitutionally protected right to make decisions about whether or not to have an abortion, and that ...

No way to uphold this law and also keep the roe casey regime as we have it now. >> dana: the "washington post", abc poll question should roe versus wade be upheld. 56% of americans say yes. the other poll is yes at 40%. my question also is just on a constitutional point, when you dig into it. you wrote a great piece for fox news .com. when you look at how the roe vs. wade decision was made and all that has come from that are there many constitutional lawyers who believe it was correctly decided?...