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denied emergency medical care. i ll never forget one of the doctors just ripping off his gloves throwing them at the trash and saying i can t help you anymore. you have to geout of state. almost a year later, the landscape of abortion access is even worse. republicans remain focused on pushing restrictive laws that americans overwhelmingly reject. the body inside of the mom s body is not her body. not her body, not her choice. the supreme court may have empowered the states to reshape abortion law, but reproductive rights remain a national issue that the biden/harris administration and congress must respond to, to forge a road map for the work that lies ahead. tonight, from dallas, in a state considered ground zero in the national fight over abortion rights, this is one year post-roe, a reidout special with vice president kamala harris. hello, and thank you for joining me on this special edition of the reidout. my guest for the hour is vice president kamala ha ....
Going to make sure women continue to have access during this time. and now what we have been doing, we have been seeing women from all over. most of the women have been from texas, and that was one of the main reasons we wanted to open there, was to help the texas women. mississippi also, but most of they still had other states. so that s what we have been doing for the last year, getting clinics open. we re now working in chicago, trying to get a clinic open there. and you know, texas is obviously ground zero for this fight. you re a part of that story, amanda, in the sense you re suing the state. talk about why. it started out for me as education and advocacy because a lot of people i think didn t understand the sweeping impacts that these laws could and are having on real women, including myself. and so it was a big part of just ....
President kamala harris. it makes people focused, they are focused. how is the administration going to respond to this moment? well, on the mifepristone issue, for example, we are fighting in the, courts we are going to keep fighting. because we also know that the majority of folks who receive this kind of care receive it through mifepristone. and so we are dealing with that. we are fighting on the also, the point that is a fundamental point. no one, regardless of their gender or condition, should be denied access to emergency health care. right. so, in our previous panel, for example, we talked with amanda. no one should be denied as amanda said, but also, we are fighting on patient privacy. this is absolutely about a private decisions that individual should be able to make, in consultation with their health care professional, and not worry about that information becoming public or being used, for example, by law enforcement. right. ....
the reidout. my guest for the hour is vice president kamala harris. but because it s such an important issue to so many americans, we also wanted to bring around this table people whose lives and work were directly affected by the elimination of the right to an abortion. joining me are genesis sanchez, an abortion rights advocate, amanda zaroski, lead plaintiff in the abortion access lawsuit against the state of texas, shannon brewer, executive director of the las cruces women s health center in new mexico, and dr. toddive y who is an ob/gyn in the state of texas. i want to start with you, madam vice president. we know this is a big news cycle. there s lots of news going on. but we really wanted to focus on this because this was a huge loss. i think for so many people. and i appreciate you being here for this conversation. but i would love to know first ....
Assistant brought this up to us and said, you know, y all need to stay in your lane. you don t need to be in politics. you re a medical expert. stick to medicine. now, i politely handled it, however, my knee jerk response in my mind was, if you want to keep medicine out of politics, then you keep politics out of medicine. amen. amen. and hallelujah. well, amanda and dr. ivey, thank you very much. we will be praying for you that whatever you want in life comes to you. and you have been through a lot, so please keep up with us on the lawsuit. thank you so much. so much more ahead with vice president kamala harris and our wonderful guests. stay right there. ....