and good morning to, you it is that electrolytes tech, it is 9 am in the, east 6 am in the west, i am a full week has not passed since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the landmark president that once guaranteed abortion as a constitutional right in america. it is the culmination of a decades-long effort by abortion rights opponents to deny half of the american population access to basic and essential health care. they have been preparing for this for years, even before the supreme court announced its decision 80s ago. access to abortion and many states was already limited, still the supreme court ruling as drastically chance for republican health care in america and just one week. some clinics around the country are already overwhelmed, and fully booked for weeks in advance. additionally, clinics and states where abortion will remain legal are scrambling to expand their services. meanwhile, many people have been stocking up on emergency contraception pills, in case they or
until friday now its website says it s temporarily suspended elective abortions, unsure what s legal so none of us want to get involved in a lawsuit or get arrested reporter: if you went ahead and provided abortion services, what s at risk i think being arrested, charged with a felony, losing your medical license. reporter: there are two abortion laws on arizona s books, one signed this march which bans abortion after 15 weeks but does not repeal the second more restrictive law. that one enacted when arizona was just a territory bans all abortions unless the mother s life is in danger with the overturning of roe v. wade abortion should now be illegal in arizona. reporter: abortion rights opponents argue for the older law. in effect, does arizona have two laws on abortion arizona does not have two laws on abortion it has one law that prohibits abortion except to save the
that authority, over her body. and that doesn t jieb with the utah constitution. abortion rights opponents having triumphs in a 49 year bat toll overturn roe also are looking to what is next. republican governors like south dakota kristi noem say they are committed to help women with more support and new programs while also working to implement other restrictions likes banning women from getting abortion pills through the mail. in south dakota we already had a bill-passed that said on telemedicine abortion we don t believe it should be available because it is a dangerous situation for those individuals without being medically supervised by a physician. vice president harris said the white house will fight those efforts. we will do everything within our power as an administration through the executive branch to ensure that women have access to the medication they need. and tonight as state court
turnout. i think people have to start to appreciate just how high the stakes are right now and that failing to come out and vote for pro-choice candidates in the legislature, failing to reelect our governor and failing to put this ballot proposal on the books is literally a matter of life or death for women all around the state of michigan. the guy i m running against has said publicly that he doesn t even believe there should be an exception to save the life of the mother because he doesn t believe there are any circumstances in which a woman would die either during child birth or during her pregnancy. that s how extreme and radical the republicans are on this issue. it should be terrifying to women in this state. michigan attorney general dana nessel, thank you very much. of course, abortion rights opponents have been celebrating this decision. some american women celebrating the abortion ruling around the
she calls abortion tourism. previous proposals have failed to gain traction. what does that look like potentially? there s a definition about aiding or abetting, violating the laws of the state of missouri, that you would be able to have some kind of texas style enforcement so there could be several penalties for doing so. coleman says the abortion ban already outlaws medication abortion. some abortion rights opponents say the state should crack down more on the importation of fda-approved pills. the battle is not over. the battleground has changed. a group of st. louis aulderwomen say they re ready to fight for abortion rights, introducing a bill on the day the decision came down to use covid relief funds to provide abortion support. including for travel. this bill will provide $1 million in funding to access abortions so it could be lodging, transportation, meals, child care, things of that nature. as the desert of care dries up, st. louis democratic congresswoman cor