wade was over turned on this assurances the link. we are talking about the radical and dangerous escalation that we have seen from antiabortion activists and how the resistance is preparing to do battle in this new terrain. you probably have been subject to a whole host of antiabortion lies and disinformation without enough in knowing it. it is time to do some myth busting. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is saturday may the 7th. i m ali velshi. in case the weekend left you confuse, we want to come from some stuff. roe v. wade has not yet been overturned. abortion remains a legal right across the country, theoretically. the week on monday night, a draft supreme court opinion would overturn roe v. wade
those polls close tonight. thank you for your coverage. appreciate it. a lot going on this morning including the stunning news from the supreme court, the idea that samuel alito has written a draft opinion overturning roe v. wade. cnn s coverage continues right now. an unprecedented breach and a stunning supreme court opinion draft. roe v. wade on the brink of being overturned. good tuesday morning. good to have you with us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. breaking overnight, a draft, a draft supreme court opinion obtained by politico appears to show the nation s highest court poised to strike down roe v. wade. the move would reverse nearly 50-year-old precedent and lead immediately to the outlawing of most abortions in at least 13
republicans are far more interested according to the polling in turning out in november for the midterms. is in the thing now we re going to watch. democrats are going to lean in hard to this, because they believe now this is the thing that can mobilize their troops and get their turnout operation much more in line. isn t there an argument to be made that they weren t as motivated because they had this right, they had the ability to get an abortion if they wanted to or just to know that that right that they believe in is there. and now that is being threatened. i wonder if that is more motivating. i think that it definitely changes the calculus, it is not just about abortion. i think you ll see this as democrats start coming out and talking about this. within this draft leaked ruling by justice alito is a list of all the other types of rights that are protected or recognized by the same basic principle that abortion rights had been for about 50 years. they include things like same
would eliminate the constitutional right to abortion and states would act quickly. in fact, we have already seen a flurry of republican-led states changing their laws, rolling back abortion rights, completely eliminating abortion rights. in the past week we have seen oklahoma lawmakers pass a six-week ban, but more conseq consequentially, the governor there signed a complete abortion ban set to take effect in august. so, john, republican-led states are moving swiftly here. at the same time we re also seeing democratic-led states, democratic governors speaking out about this. so, an already divisive issue being more being made more divisive by the release of this draft. coit could have an instant impact on millions of women if this is the decision that is issued. let s go now to cnn s jeremy diamond live at the white house. how is the white house responding to this? reporter: we are expecting the white house to release a
change? yeah, erica, it is the right question. the best answer is we don t know. the politico story that came with the draft opinion last night suggested that there are, you know, circulated opinions in the court right now, that there are five votes, at least tentatively in support of this opinion. we have historical examples of the court changing its views of majority opinion becoming a dissent, of votes shifting at the last minute, season the abortion context. casey, the 1992 decision, that s part of what the court would be overruling on this draft opinion. it was one of those cases. so i think it is really important to put this in context. this is an enormous deal, but it is not a final deal. and we really have to sort of wait to see where the court ends up. if this is where the court is going, though, i think it is easy to see why this is an earthquake. it is an earthquake for constitutional rights in this country, a earthquake for millions of women in this country, frankly, eric