Their hands. Yeah. Family planning is important for so many women and obviously for athletes, as you said we are having this moment in womens sports, no doubt. How does this change the conversation around access to contraception . Do you think kerry . The conversation now, especially since Roe Versus Wade was overturned, i think the conversation has always gamble. Where do i fit in . Wheres the power for me as a woman who, again, this partnership was targeting anyone who could at the ages of which they could be pregnant. Three, the conversation now is i have the power i should be able to share this information with other people. I should be able to take care of myself in a way in which i feel is needed. I dont feel that many women in the wnba more specifically thought that they had the proper the Proper Health care, nor did they have the proper information for them to partner the wnba to partner with oak hill really bold move they are making a statement in a lot of ways. And for so long and i dont know if the wnba had the attention desert, but for so long these women have been advocates, they had been at the forefront of so many social issues. And i think that this is a really empowering moment. Not only because womens sports is having this proper time in which they are being praised and honor for the work that they do. But there is a new generation of young women, girls, young girls watching these ladies play and think, okay, i will do that. These women are heroes in effect, in so many instances and so now theyre saying its okay to have this conversation about reproductive health. Its okay to talk about birth control. Its okay to be informed about your body and have a sayso in the process, this is a bold move to me for the wnba as well as open and carry. You mentioned that the previous causes that female athletes especially have stood up and voiced a specific position on an advocacy for previously weve seen some blowback, some criticism for taking those positions. Do you imagine that there might be some criticism now . For this i absolutely do. And i wanna i wanna take a moment to give kudos to cathy engelbert. Shes the commissioner of the wnba. I think that the these women and by the way, the wnba is comprised of women from all over this world. It is the one of the Mic Diversely going to be most diverse leagues my opinion that we have when it comes to womens sports and for the commissioner to take a stance that says we have a say over our bodies is going to be something that other people, especially conservative groups, wont necessarily be particularly happy about and the messaging that its sending into Middle America and people who feel like this should not be he should not have access when we should not have access to over the counter birth control. This particular conversation is going to force the wnba to talk about other issues that are on the precipice for them in terms of politics, because i know that they are specifically creating initiatives that go with voting. They creating initiatives that gold education. Theyre creating initiatives at the collegiate level. This partnership will create initiatives at the collegiate level that tell women that they have to really take part of this process. And people were not going to want to hear about it. There are those who dont believe that we should have opill. They are those who dont believe, obviously, as we saw, Roe Versus Wade overturned. But this should be a conversation for. The wnba to take a side essentially its going to put them, theres gonna be some blowback, but i dont think its going to be the type of bowl black that will make them back down. This is something that is so important for women and womens rights. And i am in this moment saying, i am proud of the wnba because for so long quiet. They didnt want to say too much. Theyve been in the middle. Theyve taken a stance of neutral, and now theyre taking their power back as theyve been given the power because they are having such a powerful moment in this country right now when it comes to basketball, and i love that theyre taking this momentum and using it towards something that they truly we believe it carried champion, always great to get your perspective. Thanks, keri cnn, breaking news were following breaking news out of arizona after the state Supreme Court there, how to historic ruling just moments ago that would ban nearly all abortions were learning. And this has come together quite quickly. That Vice PresidentKamala Harris will now be visiting arizona on friday as the white house makes reproductive rights a pillar of the biden reelection campaign. Pain. Todays decision, reverting back to a 123 yearold arizona law that can be traced even further back to the civil war and it would enforce some of the most extreme abortion restrictions. There are, there is an exception in the case of saving the life of the mother, and this would punish Abortion Providers with a penalty of o2 five years in prison. Heres the states governor, katie hobbs talking about the ruling were having a problem, a technical problem there with the sound. Yeah, i will try to get that fixed as soon as possible. The case is just the latest high profile example of the battle over Abortion Access and the role that its played in several states since the us Supreme Court overturned Roe Versus Wade back in 2022 we had White House Press secretary karine john pearce speaking on that in the last hour lets try and play that sound like what todays decision. Millions of arizonans will soon face an even more extreme and dangerous abortion ban than they did before this arizona law, which was initially enacted in 18, 64, more than 150 years heres a fails to protect women even when their health is at risk. When the president s predecessor handicapped three Supreme Court justices to open returned roe v. Wade it paved the way for the chaos and confusion were seeing play out across the country today there is almost no doubt that this decision by the state Supreme Court could have huge electoral consequences. Were covering the story from all angles joining us now is Cnns Kevin Liptak cnn correspondent Sunlen Serfaty is standing by and we are also with cnns alayna treene, kevin, first to you, what are we hearing from the biden team about this decision . They almost right away put up its interesting just how quickly they jumped on this ruling. And as you mentioned, brianna, Vice PresidentKamala Harris in the very moments after this it was announced, they announced that she would be heading to arizona on friday to talk about this very issue. Its a continuation of what theyre calling her reproductive rights tour. She has really been sort of the lead for the administration for the Biden Campaign to end talking about this issue. And she just put out a statement pinning direct blame on this decision. And on donald trump himself saying that by his own admission, theres one person responsible for these kinds of rulings, which is donald trump. And the fact that this is coming only a day after trump revealed this abortion position, that he thinks it should be the right of states to decide how this issue should be resolved. The really pointing to that and saying that that kind of position allows this sort of rule to go into effect in arizona. And so you really do see them seizing on in this issue and certainly they do very much believed that this will be a Galvanizing Issue for their voters in november, for women, for progressive democrats, for moderates, all of whom who, who really think that this issue should be left to women to decide and they have been really ramping up that message up over the last several months. White, house fired out that statement so quickly very coarse silk paula reid saying, did it come with confetti . But there was someone who beat the white house and that was Ruben Gallego so who is running in a very contested senate race in Arizona Kari Lake also coming out with a statement not too long after that saying to the republican, shes saying that she opposes the arizona abortion ruling, which really speaks alayna to just how difficult in issue this is. It seems like shes looking at this saying, while this may have just cost me this election, if this fans, i mean, i think she very much recognizes how varna hello ball republicans are on this issue also in that statement lake said that she agrees with donald trump and his position on thinking that this is a state issue. She also said that she opposes federal funding for abortion, but she also opposes a federal ban on abortion. Again kind of surprising coming from the very conservative kari lake, the Republican Senate candidate. But luck i think one person we havent heard from yet is donald trump. And this is going to be very difficult for him. Him and his team to navigate honestly, the time is pretty remarkable after his statement yesterday, really clarifying that his position is to seed the abortion issue, to the states. And of course, it comes as a lot of people on the road right . Were very angry with him, not coming out and specifying a National Abortion ban after certain number of weeks, many people pressuring him over the past couple of months on trying to embrace a 15 week ban, but its also of course angering the left and democrats. And even though this is, i know from my conversations with trumps team, the politically safe place for him to land. They also recognize that this allows a lot of democrats to continue blaming him for these types of laws, even though of course he saying this is up to the states, we should point out. The Vice President , Kamala Harris, who as you noted, kevin, his headed to arizona. She put out a statement recently saying or in the last few minutes i should say that the one person responsible for this decision by the arizona Supreme Court is donald trump. I want to go back for a moment because you just expressing the very latest coming from trump world, his decision to not specify his position on abortion and essentially say its up to the states kevin, you and i cover the white house together and he did have this sort of ambiguous position going back all the way to 2016 when he essentially said that if Republican Voters back tim in elected him, he would nominate justices to the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe Versus Wade. So he hasnt been specific, but its the valve that hes made from very early on. Yeah. And you can go back earlier than 2016 at one point donald trump said that he was very pro life and he has shifted over the years as far as the politics goes and this is a candidate and a president who has always sort of adopted the politically appropriate stance on this, instead of trying to go to the hardright of his party, he has adopted a politically convenient stance, and thats just what he did yesterday when it comes to the biden folks, i think that they are really viewing in this as a way to try and get people to the polls, whether its an arizona, whether its in florida, all of these states where this will now be an issue on the ballot in november, this its good drive people to the voting booth who wouldnt necessarily be motivated to vote in an election that many voters say that theyre not enthusiastic about this year. This is an issue that they think can be driving force. And you saw that yesterday, theyve put up this minute long ad with a woman who wasnt able to receive an abortion while she was having a miscarriage and shes suffered some very serious medical consequences because of that. They do think that this is an issue that goes beyond the left and right, that there are a lot of moderate to think that overturning Roe Versus Wade, that the trump stance just isnt in the mainstream and there are a lot of women and a lot of menn two who think that this is an issue who were the politics where the precedent should have been decided in an ad been decided that theyre concerned about what would happen next you alayna, kevin, thank you so much to both you lets discuss this further with dr. Jill gibson. Shes the chief Medical Director for Plant Parenthood Arizona dr. Thank you so much for being with us your organization was party to this case. Whats your reaction to this ruling we are absolutely outraged. And infuriated at this decision that came out today with a neartotal phil abortion beyond from the arizona Supreme Court this is going to have absolutely unbelievable consequences for the patients and our community. And we just cannot be more i cannot say enough how dire the situation is going to be for the patients who need to access abortion here in arizona sentences in this bill which is extremely old or not this bill, sorry, this old law of two to five years for providers, this is this is very serious and this goes into who effect very quickly. So dr. Gibson, tell us how Planned Parenthood in the state, how other providers are, how this is going to impact the services because they provide and how quickly thats going to kick in right . What i can share with you all is that this is very similar to the decisions that we as medical well providers and physicians had to face in the days after the Dobbs Decision which is basically that rather than being in my Health Center providing health care and abortion for my patients. Im having having to be on the phone with my legal team trying to decide what is permissible in this completely chaotic environment. What i can say is that Planned Parenthood stores will remain open we will provide and Abortion Services for every day that it is possible under this near total abortion ban. And that we will continue to fight an every other way to provide all the other essential Health Services that patients are going to need more than ever. Now with this abortion ban in place, dr. You sort of alluded to some of the confusion that is created by the parameters of this law. Because on paper it seems simple. The exception to protect the life of a mother but that gets very grant it gets very complicated as we heard from kevin a moment ago describing the woman in texas was now part of that a political ad what is your understanding of . The guidance in the law . Does it specify anything related to what it actually entails in carrying out your medical practice what i want to be really clear about is that legal ease and laws that are written by politicians and legislators do not capture the he wants that is involved with caring for each individual patient. Its impossible to extrapolate this archaic language and try and put that onto the care that we need to deliver. Each patient that comes to us is presenting a unique circumstance that has to be handled individually between the patient and the provider this interference and this just egregious continued attempts to basically interfere with that relationship must stop. Providers need to be able to take care of their patients without fear for legal repercussions and criminals station. Dr. Gibson, what kind of phone calls can you tell us if youve been getting an increase of them at the clinics there and in arizona i. Mean what, i can tell you guys, im here today providing Abortion Services and patients are already hearing news about the total abortion ban and theyre literally asking me if were gonna be able to provide the care that they are seeking for them today its unbelievably devastating to have to look at patients and tell them that i have all the skills and all the medical training and all the ability to care for them but because some justices on our Supreme Court have decided to dictate the course of their lives. I will shortly have to be turning them away from the care that they want and need we know whats going to happen when to these patients weve seen what happens in states where abortion is already banned. Patients there that are pregnant are more than three times as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, and soon after delivery this is the sentence that the arizona Supreme Court is now imposing on patients in arizona dr. Gibson we really appreciate your time today if Planned Parenthood in arizona. Thank you so much thank you still would come former President Donald Trump is trying to delay the historic criminal trial in Manhattan Cnn is not getting a first look at what prospective jurors for the trial could be asked as it inches closer to next week start date the leaf with jake tapper today it for cnn it looks complicated. Thats why vision works, organizes our frames by hape and price so its simple to find a pair. Youll love. There are the shapes. Thats the price vision works. See the difference you have an excellent warren g warranty, blurring, ci okay. Got it. Go. You must have American Home shield got you. 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