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Of abortion in america on the line, today, both sides of the emotional issuying voices. >> end the scourge, the bludgeoning, the horror. >> reporter: questions across the country tonight, "what access to the procedure will look like if "roe v. wade" is overturned. >> today in the "dobbs" case is the most clear attack on "roe v. wade" that weve experienced since the 70s. >> reporter: the legal showdown could take away the constitutional right to the procedure, leaving it to the states, and some a...

Other conservatives repeatedly questioned why roe should be upheld when the constitution says nothing about abortion. >> the constitution is neither pro life nor pro choice on the question of abortion. >> reporter: it is a case that could remake the legal landscape surrounding abortion in the united states. the arguments drew hundreds of protesters on both sides of the emotional debate to the steps of the supreme court. the stakes high as a dozen states have trigger laws on the books that would ...

Gutted. if they succeed in getting the case officially overturned, what are the real ramifications? >> youre exactly right because they have been working, critics of roe, for years not only to get a case like this in front of the supreme court, but to change the face of the courts. remember, president donald trump, he said that he was going to put pro-life judges on the courts. he put three on the supreme court, and this is what theyve been working toward. and on the other side, supporters of ab...

Are going to be coming to them if this bill does pass. when it does eventually, if it does eventually. those are the issues that theyre up against right now. and right now, the gop messaging is that this is a socialist experiencing spree, and they -- spending spree, and they are hammering that to voters. if democrats cant deliver their 2020 campaign promises with this bill, thats what theyre going to be holding up against if theyre really aiming to contain their -- maintain their majorities in t...

Most liberal justices are, but what about those justices potentially in the middle who could be a potential fifth vote, and what is their interest? so thats what well be listening for. >> barbara, were going to talk more about the arguments in a second. i think what were looking at at the moment is sort of setting the stakes for what we expect to come, right? the arguments happening today likely some kind of decision to come down when the court ends its term next year, and then depending on how ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a Mississippi abortion case that has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade. While the...

Expanded its hours of operation from three days a week to five. the phone rings constantly with people trying to make appointments. calling from across mississippi and more and more from texas, an influx attributed to the new law there that is the most restrictive in the country. the clinic now sees about 300 women a month. quote, our patient load is almost doubled, said shannon brewer, the clinics director. we are adjusting, she added. we just know its got to be done. but the impact of the supr...

Abortion illegal immediately, either because they have trigger laws on their books, that say that after a decision like that, abortion would be legal, or because they have old laws on their books that already restrict abortion. and in about half of the other states, we would live in a very different world. >> what would you be looking for when the supreme court hears oral arguments on the mississippi abortion law tomorrow? >> im going to be listening, jose, for how they talk about precedent. bec...

You thought that right was secure, and what we have learned this year is that it is not, and so i think youre going to see an awakening in virginia. access to abortion care wasnt really on the ballot. it wasnt a real feature. youngkin wasnt talking about his plan to enact sb8 so it wasnt the middle of that conversation but for sure it will be in the center of the conversation for 22, and i think the question people are going to be asking is, whose side are you on? whose side are you on when the ...

Elizabeth, thank you for joining me again. good morning to you. the last time you were here we spoke about the so-called trigger laws and how some states have been preparing in case roe is some day overturned and the new map that i just showed our viewers, ill show them again and that study takes the idea further. what factored into this map? this list of 26 states that are likely to ban abortion and under what circumstance would that happen? >> sure. thank you so much for having me again in sho...