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on the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. in that explosive decision, they not only overturned that landmark decision, the court also galvanized liberals and triggered backlash at the polls. and today, they also triggered counter-protesters. while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. i am here. it is to show that we will not let america be bullied out of the right to abortion. everything that happened before roe, that was just the preseason. [ chanting: abortion is essential ] not when roe will be reversed, but when. our work just began. it felt more pressing this year. at this point, we no longer have a constitutionally protected right to abortion. the landmark decision from the supreme court overruling roe has not only sparked pushback from the left, it has also given rise to a growing fear and confusion among conservatives as they struggle to define the future of thei ....
Women s law center and americans for separation of church and state filed a lawsuit in missouri, challenging that state s abortion law on the ground that it was passed with religious sentiment underdpird girding it and that those religious sentiments interfered with the religious exercise of people who had different beliefs. what are the chances that this will be successful in missouri state courts and that we ll see more movement towards state courts as a place to litigate these skpshs the use of religious freedom claims. something that conservatives have used traditionally to litigate claims for reproductive freedom. well, it s a really good point, melissa. obviously, until we reestablish a federal right to make your own decisions about pregnancy, these decisions are going to be litigated in state legislatures, in state courts, and we have seen, you know, jen was talking about what happened in the midterm elections. there were so many elections decided on this issue and we are seei ....
Unlikely congress at the federal level will take those steps at this point in time. so, cecile, the dobbs opinion, which overruled roe v. wade had a lot in it. one of the things it had in it was an occurrence that gestured towards other limitations on other reproductive freedoms including contraception. we ve already seen that abortion pills are part of the next vanguard of efforts to be put down. is there anything that can be done to ensure access to medication for abortion and what are we doing to ensure access to contraception going forward? well, melissa, you know better than anyone, the dangerous, you know, slippery slope that we were on once we no longer have the right to privacy in this country, which is really what justice thomas is alluding to. listen, access to medication abortion, which is a very safe method of ending a pregnancy early on is so important and i m really glad that the biden administration has taken measures to make sure that people are protected and their ....
Secretary and the host of the upcoming msnbc screening show, the jen psaki show. so cecile, the conservatives have done what they d hoped to do for years. they speared their white whale, they killed roe. why are they now in disarray as to the future of their movement? well, melissa, i think that the point here is that they are not going to be satisfied until all abortion is illegal and we know, so 17 states, of course, have already banned abortion, but lindsey graham, you know, introduced a federal abortion ban. that s the target. and that s what s at stake in this next election. it s interesting, too, that, of course, the frustration on the right is that they thought somehow making abortion illegal was going to mean that women didn t have abortions anymore. and quite the contrary. what happens, of course, is that women are simply forced into very challenging, sometimes dangerous situations, but the truth is, women are still getting abortions in america. we just need to make sure t ....
And we saw the biden white house out in full force today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of roe and to press for more robust protections for reproductive freedom. but is it likely that we are going to see the codification of roe from this republican house? and are there other cards that the biden administration can play in the meantime? it s such a good question. i wish i could say, yes, it would be likely. i don t think it is likely. not just because it s a republican house, but because that s something that many democrats have been wanting to do for some time now, melissa. i would say that where the power is here, and where, also, as cecile has been highlighting, where really troubling action could take place is in the states. and we have seen some states, i ll recent, california, and others take steps to protect women s rights to make choices about their own health care. that is a place where governors, legislatures can take steps to put protections in place, even where even ....