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More than half the states in the country are certain or likely to ban abortion if the supreme court does overturn roe. one of the states, oklahoma. the state's governor could sign a bill any day now which has been modeled after the controversial texas law. in oklahoma, this law would essentially ban most abortions and it would allow private citizens to enforce the law through lawsuits. joining me is emily wales, interim president and ceo of planned parenthood great planes. her organization covers oklahoma, kansas, missouri and arkansas. i'm curious, based on what happened last night, and this ...

Previous efforts that his administration has made so far as we have seen several of these other states overturn or degrade women's right to choose in various states across the country. saying that his administration has been looking at ways that it can use federal government powers to try and restrict what this administration sees as a backsliding of those fundamental rights. and he says we will be ready when any ruling is issued as a result of those efforts and finally the president also talks about the political implications of such a decision. and what would result from this. and that is to...

For what we need to do going forward. >> new jersey is a state that has protections. its own state wide protects for a women's right to choose. do you expect that new jersey would, again, if this turns out to be true and roe is overturned become something of a haven, of a place where women would come from outside a state to get abortions? >> certainly, but we know that so many of the women who seek abortions don't have access to resources. so when you're talking about large parts of the south, large parts of the midwest rolling back protections for women, and we know some states have laws on t...

Majority in the house to adopt legislation that codifies roe, which i will work to pass and sign into law. now, we heard the president previously say that he believes that the roe v. wade fundamental right to access abortion should be codified into legislation. right now with the current makeup of the house and the senate, that is not possible. as long as the filibuster remains in place, that is not possible, so you see the president here going to be making that case heading into the midterm elections in november, particularly if this is the final decision of the supreme court, which we expect...

Have fewer rights than they did a year ago. but at the same time there is something empowering, not being able to say out loud this is what is happening. the supreme court is going to overturn roe, it seems very clear in the draft decision, that's the plan. and now we mobilize and pushback and fight for our patients. >> you mentioned you've been in many ways preparing for this for some time. mikie sherrill was just on and said to jim sciutto, you know, sort of similar, you could see this coming and it is still a surprise to so many people this morning. does that surprise surprise you at this p...