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Case coming up, which will look moderate compared to sb-8. sb-8 says six weeks. i want to point out something everyone is missing. it's not six weeks from conception. it's six weeks from the last menstrual cycle. which means you may only be less than a month pregnant when this ban comes into effect. so that's something that really is important. there's not enough time in texas. it's clearly a violation of roe and casey. the 15 weeks is also, but it's starting to sound reasonable in comparison. but there are a lot of cases coming up in the supreme court, not just the dobbs v. mississippi, but o...

Challenged a law that says you cannot pay back your loans to your own campaign if you raise money after the election. except for a certain amount, and he deliberately contributed more than that amount in order to challenge it. now, i fear that we'll be back extending citizens united beyond what even that does to campaign finance laws. so there's a lot pending that isn't clear but that could really affect our democracy. >> so i want to go back to sb-8 because you had a lot there. i want to go back to sb-8 and read to you from politico, i'm talking about the challenge i mentioned from the doj. o...

Because you can see all of the people here, many carrying signs. people right now on the podium giving very impassioned speeches here about this legislation. this legislation was passed more than a month ago on september 1st. it prevents abortions once there is a heartbeat, and that is usually at the six-week mark. as we know, that is before most women even know that they are pregnant. and today people here, activists, organizers, musicians, citizens have come here, we are told from all across the country, and i did have a chance to talk to the organizer, kim taylor earlier this morning. she t...

Just a few weeks from now, really, on a mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. they really view that as the next big moment, pivotal moment, in the fight for abortion access. so, there's no mistake that they made their way up to the supreme court. it was an intentional message that they were supposed to send, highlighting the importance that the supreme court plays in this whole debate, and the scene that i'm seeing right here kind of underscores just how important a role it plays, yasmin. >> all right, i want to go to texas now where we find stephanie standing by as well. much of...

In austin, texas, again, this is ground zero, for sb-8. >> thank you so much for setting us up with what we can expect to see today. >> we want to welcome to the program, alexis johnson, president and ceo of planned parenthood of america and planned parenthood fund and one of the speakers at today's rally in washington, d.c. good to have you on again. when we talk about these event, and we know it's important to see people come out in numbers, and raise their video voices but we also know the future of roe v. wade really hangs in the balance of the supreme court. so what does a day like today ...