the legal right to make th decision that he made. i think it was the wrong decision, but the law allowe him to make that decision. what if that judges deciding whether these abortion regulations are lawful the judges in a place where lot of people don t like abortion you want the judge to say, i m living in kansas, and so i kno what people here think i m going to do what they want you want the judge to follow the law. watch the recall refram tonight at 10 pm eastern o msnbc. streaming as well on peacock that wraps it up for me this hour i m richard louis in for yasmi vossoughian. she will be back - 2 pm eastern symone starts right now.
During the lawmakers’ visits to VA medical facilities, the House VA Committee and staff members found some VA leaders and employees were not properly informed about existing VA policies regarding reproductive health care, such as the VA s maternity care directive.
them that abortion regulations on top of existing health care issues among women will further impact recruitment. this is fuel to the fire. reporter: what do you want people to know about women veterans, especially with these restrictions in place? we stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder when we served. there was not a problem. i was the most visible service member. now i m the most invisible veteran. why? why is that? reporter: we pressed the va on why they aren t expanding their services today to include abortion care. but for now these women will continue to speak out, joe, and let everyone and the world know just what they experienced and how that needs to change. important to hear those stories, julie, thanks for traveling to texas and bringing us that story. now to growing outrage directed at the prime minister of finland. sanna marin now says she has taken a drug test for other own
thank you so much. voters in kansas will be the first in the nation to cast a ballot on abortion rights today. a ballot measure asked voters to decide whether they want to remove abortion protection from the state s constitution. if it passes, the state s conservative legislature can push ahead, with strict abortion regulations. if it fails, lawmakers would be barred from imposing new restrictions. abortion in kansas currently legal up to 22 weeks. joining me is katie bernard, state house reporter for the kansas city star. thank you for joining me this morning. thank you for having me. if this amendment passes, does that open kansas, does that open the door for kansas to ban all abortions? it absolutely does. the individuals campaigning for the amendment have been very coy about whether that is what they plan to pursue, and republican lawmakers have fallen in with that messaging and have generally avoided questions about whether they want to ban abortion and exactly what that
so you have a media debate with without presidential action. i think part of the media debate is to test some of what s happening there and some of what was discussed in media coverage with whether this would even withstand court scrutiny. i think it s really interesting that we have a press that claims there are all these attacks on democracy, and the supreme court returns to the people and their elected representatives an opportunity to discuss what they want their abortion regulations to be could not possibly be more democratic. and yet you you see media agitating for federal control and executive or orders. howard: laura, it is true that executive orders sometimes get knocked down by courts, but most of the coverage doesn t mention donald trump the issued more than 200 executive ores and money orders and money that was appropriated from the military budget to the border wall. did the media only vote for presidents to ec e pan their power and take executive actions when they agr