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joining us this hour. happy to have you here. quick personnel news, good news, i want to say congratulations to alex wagner, who is going to take over the slot that is now msnbc prime, this is just announced today by msnbc, it is great news, in terms of me, nothing about what i'm doing is changing, i'm going to be doing monday nights from here on out and here for big news events like i have been, things like the january 6th hearing and the supreme court decision friday on roe v. wade, nothing that i'm doing is changing at all. but it is great news that starting late this summer, star...

But now, of course, it's our story, too, here in america, at the supreme court's ruling on friday, overturning row v weight wade. as of right now, there are seven different states who say they are actively enforcing a total ban on abortion but that doesn't fully account for what is going on and doesn't count texas where the so-called trigger ban technically isn't legally in effect yet but nevertheless the state's republican attorney general just proclaimed on twitter that all abortions are now illegal in texas and texas clinics have stopped providing abortions even though the lawful prohibitio...

States had already put on abortion access, even with the roe law still in place. >> well, we started getting a lot of requests from women from the united states already for a few years, and the reason that they were looking for access was because they could often not afford the abortion services locally. but also privacy reasons, for several people that were living in domestic violence or they couldn't travel because the distance to travel was already quite long. so there was already, there were already women in that situation with abortions in the u.s. before the ruling. and it is just really...

There, too. so it's almost a total ban in arizona that's in effect. even though legal confusion would suggest that that's not happening there. earlier in the day today, louisiana was one of the states that said they were enforcing a total league ban on abortion, but then the louisiana ban was blocked by court. the court issued a temporary restraining order stopping the state of louisiana from imparting their ban. same thing in utah tonight. in the last few hours. so utah had said they would totally ban abortion, they would legally enforce it, but now abortions can resume in utah, just for the ...

The united states as well. figuring out how to get abortion services to women in states where it is illegal. the time now, for americans who have done pioneering work for decades. joining us is the doctor, the founder of women on waves and aid access. doctor, i appreciate you joining us. especially given how late it is where you are. it is really kind of you to be here. >> thank you so much, rachel. i'm glad to be with you. >> let me ask you first about the roe v. wade decision by the united states supreme court. i think it could not be described as a surprise in this country, even though i th...