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Until recently had very good protective pro-life laws, had very good outcomes for women. so i think these mortality rates are driven by other factors like high poverty rates in these states. >> these potential lives need the decisions of women and when this happens, when women make a decision to expand or have a family is up to women. it is not a government's decision. it is not the decision of someone putting their personal faith, it's the womans faith that should make these decisions, not the faith of other people trying to force their views on how women live their lives. >> all right, andre...

Parenthood case. she talked about how the role of women in society has so changed because of our ability to control our reproduction, to make our own decisions about when and whether to have a family or expand that family, that women rely on that. our economic security, our role in this society as civic leaders, as full leaders in our economic system has very much been influenced by the existence of roe v. wade and our whole way of life now depends on a woman's ability to make these choices for herself without government interference. >> michael, do you see -- do you see the supreme court over...

Illinois and nevada are expanding theirs. this week illinois' governor said he'd sign a bill that grants women the fundamental right to have an abortion. it repeals an earlier law that penalized doctors for performing the procedure and expands access to insurance. and nevada's governor signed the trust nevada women act. it also removes the requirements for doctors to tell women about the, quote, emotional implications of an abortion. joining me to discuss this, michael, an assistant professor at catholic university of america, an anti-abortion supporter and also joining me andrea young, the ex...

>> i like nigel a lot, and i think he's got a lot to offer, he's got a lot to offer. and obviously a lot of people agree with me because i saw his numbers and they were very good from a couple of days ago. i think he's an asset to your country. >> joining me now is michael osheer, a cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for "the new york times." michael, i don't know if you agree with me but from trump's perspective this is arguably the best time to visit the u.k. since he became president. >> well, sure it's a good time. i mean in some ways he goes there at a time when his polit...

That is the lands mark supreme court decision that legalized abortion in the united states. 67% of want to keep it. michael, does that give you pause? >> well, polls about abortions are fickle. when i look at these polls i remember two things. first a high percentage of americans don't even know roe v. wade dealt with abortion. people think it dealt with segregation or another issue -- >> i think they know. >> there's not a lot but there's a significant number of respondents who don't realize roe v. wade is an abortion case. they don't realize for all intents and purposes is abortion -- these ...