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In the united states colored in, where abortion is or will soon be illegal. as the court recognizes in the dobbs dissent here, it's going to be way more complex than that. laws outlawing abortion can have extra territorial application. they can reach across state lines. a lot of laws say it's a crime to proceed subscribe, procure or advise someone on how to get an abortion. if a practitioner, if a doctor in a state that allows abortion gives advice or sends medication to someone in those colored-in states, you could have criminal law reaching across state borders. that's going to create all so...

Chaotic. pretty soon we will have half the states that outlaw it and the others that permit and protect it. the thing to watch for those that outlaw it may well try to extend their reach beyond their state borders. you cannot leave this state and cross the state line in order to get an abortion. they may even have laws read in a way even if an actual procedure of an abortion is not being performed in that state, it may be a crime to make a phone call from that state or to make payment from that state to another state. importantly, yesterday the justice department issued a statement where they ...

Abortion rights are motivated, but not nearly as much as their opponents. and that's why we have the outcome that we have here. one other thing, boris, when the president says this issue is on the ballot in the fall, he also, in that same speech, pointed out that there are many fights ahead. this is not over. this is more like the beginning than the end, when the president talked about making sure that contraceptives are available in drug stores. when he said he's making sure that there's no interference in a woman's right to travel across state borders. i think he's clearly signaling that hel...

But i will be paying attention to, should've prosecutor choose to target women exercising the right to terminate a pregnancy, across state borders, i'd be curious whether we would see similar prosecutions of those engaging in other activities that idaho has deemed illegal. >> while. how does the ruling overturning roe v. wade pave the way for other reversals and what should americans expect out of this court? >> i think americans should expect what they have seen from courts in our past. for example, we are all aware of cases like -- we often wonder how could these cases be decided given the l...

In this country, just a very weak background check law that doesn't apply to private sales or gun shows. that is really about it and so about half the states have passed their own very, very strong gun laws, including states like california, new york, newjersey and those states, almost without exception, have much lower rates of gun deaths than states with weak gun laws. so if you look — you can look at the gifford's website and we have an analysis where we look at the laws in each state, we give them a grade, and then we compare that to gun deaths rates, and it is absolutely 100% clear that...