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Above you. over the united states of america, as people everywhere hear those words. from you my friend. dahlia lithwick, senior editor at slate.com. keep writing, keep giving them hell, we need you more than ever. >> thanks rachel. thanks for having. me >> ok much more, ahead stay with us. > ok much more, ahead stay with us. we are the next. the next generation of visionaries. rule breakers. game changers. and world beaters. we were built to perform on the biggest stages. but we certainly aren't here to do what's been done before. and neither are we. at palo alto networks, we are ready to sec...

Personally to efforts, volunteering to help women in abortion ban states get to states where abortion is still legal so they can have the procedure done elsewhere, are these laws designed to target people who provide that kind of help? >> you know, i've seen that answered both in the affirmative and the negative today. npr was reporting earlier today that the law will not reach out and get you if you are simply writing a check to help somebody get out of state. it will not touch you if you are in fact, treating someone out of state. but larry tribe writing in "the guardian" today suggested oth...

Woman to cross state lines? could a new federal law on abortion rights help? democrats say that is what they plan to do. even if they can do that, would it help? and is worse coming? and if so, how do we prepare for it? joining us now is someone who has talked me off many a legal ledge over the years. tonight i think we might possibly be standing on that ledge together, however. senior editor at slate.com, dolly, nice to see you. thank you for being here. >> hi, rachel. thanks for having me. >> first of all, let me give you the option. you have special privileges here on this show. do you want...

Is the entity that gets sued, the state will then get to use that as a pretext to immediately shut that clinic down. what texas has devised is a bizarre, dystopian, vigilante system for hunting women in texas who seek abortions. a vigilante system to effectively ban abortion and shut down all abortion providers in the state, not to mention terrorizing women who are seeking the procedure. but they're using not the direct power of the state, but instead anti-abortion activists as their vigilantes and the state court system as their means of doing it. it is weird. it is deliberately weird. and as...

Texas who seek abortions. a vigilante system to effectively ban abortion and shut down all abortion providers in the state, not to mention terrorizing women who are seeking the procedure. but they're using not the direct power of the state, but instead anti-abortion activists as their vigilantes and the state court system as their means of doing it. it is weird. it is deliberately weird. and as our friend dahlia lithwick explains at slate.com today, it is a quote, convoluted system that texas republicans devised on purpose specifically to prevent federal courts from blocking this law. and so f...