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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...

Here, we know what to do. quite honestly, its like a grieving parent, right? you are grieving a loss that you know is coming. but when it comes, it makes you harder. and thats what today was like. everyone was trying. we were working long hours, weeks, all the weeks leading up to this, even yesterday. i was working with a team member, playing interpreter for a client, just to make sure we could get them to their abortion, if dobbs were to come today. and we were working with our attorneys to fig...

Travel to abortion clinics. abortion is still legal and we are here to help. that was yesterday. today that page is now gone for the website. you can see they now have this stark update listed there. it says, fund texas choices taking some time to evaluate its operations in light of the reason recent decision in jackson womens health versus dobbs. we are undertaking substantial consideration to ensure the organization is in compliance with the law in the new landscape for abortion rights. joinin...

Heart wrenching, practical work. i want to show you -- here study funded texas choice website looked yesterday. this is it yesterday. in all caps, we fund texans travel to abortion clinics. abortion is still legal and we are here to help. that was yesterday. today that page is now gone for the website. you can see they now have this stark update listed there. it says, fund texas choices taking some time to evaluate its operations in light of the reason recent decision in jackson womens health ve...

Abortion, if dobbs were to come today. and we were working with our attorneys to figure out what we can and cant do. because the opinion -- its complicated. and so we are trying to figure out what is and isnt allowed at the moment. >> that was part of other wanted to talk to you about, the complexity. because, obviously, texas has multiple anti abortion laws on the books. some of them conflict with one another. theres also the issue of timing and the attorney general making a twitter announcemen...

Most of our routine was pretty rough defeated. weve been preparing for this moment for months. and texas has been living in a post-roe future for ten plus months. so, it feels like, oh, if its here, we know what to do. quite honestly, its like a grieving parent, right? you are grieving a loss that you know is coming. but when it comes, it makes you harder. and thats what today was like. everyone was trying. we were working long hours, weeks, all the weeks leading up to this, even yesterday. i wa...

Here is how the fund texas here study funded texas choice website looked yesterday. this is it yesterday. in all caps, we fund texans travel to abortion clinics. abortion is still legal and we are here to help. that was yesterday. today that page is now gone for the website. you can see they now have this stark update listed there. it says, fund texas choices taking some time to evaluate its operations in light of the reason recent decision in jackson womens health versus dobbs. we are undertaki...