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The nearly 50-year-old decision of roe vs. wade, which said a woman's right to an abortion, up until fetal viability, is protected by the u.s. constitution. the case the high court will hear, dobbs vs. jackson women's health organization, essentially outlaws abortion after 15 weeks, much sooner than what is established in roe. noting this case is significant, "the new york times" describes it as, quote, setting the stage for what could be the most consequential abortion rights ruling in decades. the "times" adds, quote, if the justices were to approve the law, roe's viability standard would no...

Weeks as the threshold we know at least 95% of abortions are performed before that 24-week mark. if this ban at abortion at 15 weeks happens, how likely is it that we could see the argument to draw the line even sooner? >> i think that's precisely the question that dobbs poses here because ever since justice blackman wrote the decision in roe vs. wade, which establishes the viability standard, the complaint has been, viability is a moving target. is it 24 weeks? is it 22 weeks? could medical science advance further? in dobbs, though, the argument is a little bit different, and the state of mis...

Issue because this is not -- for years thrk pro-life movement tries to tweak roe v. wade, almost use it against itself, using the viability standard to try to ban early term abortions. but what we have seen out of texas and other states totally turned roe on the head, the six-woon ban throws out the viability standard. the second standard is this undue burden. that is part and parcel of roe and casey that the state must not put an undue burden on a woman. what texas has done in allowing someone to sue somebody is an undue burden. this court is going to have to consider whether they allow the f...

These issues. or not even confused. they're ambivalent. they're strongly pro-choice. they support roe v. wade. they're also uncomfortable with abortions -- >> third trimester. >> end of the second and beginning of the third trimester. so the plan here is to essentially try to replace the viability standard. >> and start marching it backwards. >> time. >> and start marching it backwards and use the idea of fetal pain as a kind of new substitute scientific standard which will allow them, again, to kind of push the limits back further and further and also to, you know, further make people uncomfo...

Of democratic accountability for the status quo, that kind of democratic support for the status quo is absent in the political calculations. >> yes and no. it is complicated on later abortions. so people are confused about these issues. or not even confused. they're ambivalent. they're strongly pro-choice. they support roe v. wade. they're also uncomfortable with abortions -- >> third trimester. >> end of the second and beginning of the third trimester. so the plan here is to essentially try to replace the viability standard. >> and start marching it backwards. >> time. >> and start marching i...