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Six weeks. i mean, you testified in congress about the harmful effects about the new law in texas. i mean, how has abortion access been transformed in your state? >> i mean, sb-8 is radical and extreme and so wrong and it's already harming so many people here in texas. and, you know, a lot of people are having to leave the state to access basic health care, that is their right th, that is something they deserve. i've been one of these people in the past, you know, i've had two abortions and i've had to travel out of state for one of them while i was living in texas. i traveled to colorado spri...

Oklahoma, arizona, idaho, texas, and wyoming have also restricted abortion access this year. what impact are these new laws having across the united states? >> so all of these laws were started by texas, right. by governor abbott, who, in august, beginning of september, had this bill sb-8, which was this completely crazy bill that banned abortion after six weeks. and every one, smart people thought the supreme court would overturn it because it was outside the norm. but instead what happened, what we saw with this very conservative 6-3 court, was that they just decided the liked the spirit of ...

Danger of grooming our children, and how dangerous is a road for the gop to go down? >> this is an amazing attack. it's very old school. in the 60s and 70s, we saw this attack where you attack lbgtq people as being somehow a danger to people. it's historical, and so it's is terrifical, but it's not real. republicans have had a lot of success with this supreme court, right? with sb-8 in texas, they were able to really outlaw abortion. and so they see that they can kind of do whatever they want, as long as it's conservative. and i think that this don't say gay law was really, you know, kind of c...

>> and it's the bashing that is the problem. it feels like we have gone back in time. molly, the republicans have successfully turned florida's don't say gay law into campaign on the right to demonize gay teachers. are we back to the days of thinking any gay adult is in danger of corrupting or grooming our children, and how dangerous a road is this for the gop to go down? >> this is an amazing attack. it's very old school. i mean, in the '60s and '70s, we saw this attack where you attack lbgtq people as being somehow a danger to children. it's historical, and so it's is his tear -- hysterical,...

Know about texas's sb-8. but that provides a civil remedy against women who help woman to obtain abortions. even that doesn't go so far as to attack the woman who obtains the procedure. this is really unexpected and it's hard to put an innocent reading on to this prosecution. this is the sort of step that's designed to chill the exercise of women's rights by putting them in fear that if they do so, they can be subjected to prosecution, to exposure, to shame, and ridicule. >> the local d.a. said it was a hospital that reported this woman to authorities that prompted the investigation. what do y...