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. were still waiting on that ruling in texas and obviously a very, very important issue for the white house for abortion rights groups. for women across the country. you have judicial nomination fights actually getting tangled up in abortion currently in the senate, and in florida, you have the white house very much actively weighing in on these proposed state bans in these conservative states trying to get it on the ballot, right, right, very, very long lasting issue. issue that democrats will ...

Should have been so clear and right. no one could put it better. and later mildred fought something thats so clear and right. marriage equality for lgbtq americans. today we celebrate from hawaii, the first state to stay that same-sex marriage and massachusetts to legalize equality for couples like you just heard from. from all of the advocates, excuse me, who worked to block or overturn state bans. as you heard earlier, vice president harris took a stand as attorney general in california. and o...

Federal, state, and local policy mistakes unnecessarily increase the cost of living for the average American household by $4,440 per year.

I think ohio is a tougher race for democrats because its become so red in recent years. >> if democrats pick up both of those if they do get pennsylvania and ohio, if they win georgia it is a hold for them and a lot on the line for the democrats. everyone, stick around. when we come back, women and doctors refusing to stay silent over the new restrictive state bans on abortion. well talk about that story next. abortion. well talk about that story next

Sign a state-wide injunction next week. president biden in the meantime has vowed to protect abortion access in the use of abortion pills but acknowledged the rest is up to congress. >> congress is going to have to act to codify roe into federal law. as i said yesterday, the filibuster should not stand in the way of us being able to do that. but right now we dont have the votes in the senate to change the filibuster. this is not over. its not over. >> joining me now is nancy northup, the preside...

In courts. legal challenges are underway in at least 11 states right now, temporary injunctions to block abortion laws are in place in four states, utah, kentucky, louisiana, and exthe tex. a florida judge is expected to sign a state-wide injunction next week. president biden in the meantime has vowed to protect abortion access in the use of abortion pills but acknowledged the rest is up to congress. >> congress is going to have to act to codify roe into federal law. as i said yesterday, the fil...

Person to get the pills prescribed. they want to make it easier for people to receive these pills by mail, that is one of the options that is under discussion. another sort of broad area that officials are looking at is trying to make it easier and maybe even paying for women to travel from states where abortion becomes illegal to states where it is legal. so an option could be allowing medicaid to cover that travel, also allowing medicaid to cover the abortions themselves. and then also contest...

And other cases. he was the person who did that with obama as solicitor general. and the solicitor general reports to the attorney general. the new attorney general, merrick garland, has been leading the only significance to these southern state bans and accuses them of simply defying, denying and abrogating womens constitutional rights. >> the obvious and expressly acknowledged intention of this statutory, has been to prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights. >> that is just le...

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