versus the federal level. members of congress complete ly running away from this issue. they keep saying it s in the hands of the states. the problem, though, when you let states be in the driver s seat, you have these six-week bans. you have these abortion rulings that are completely out of their hands. and they are still being forced to answer for the repur ercussi for those. this is going to be a huge issue in the next election, even though republicans are trying to see it. for the women who it impacts, there s just a crush of stress and drama to try to understand what is the law, how does it impact me, where do i have to go to get the care that i need, can i take a pill, is it harder to take a pill than to go to a place and do a thing. so that s not a political issue. that s a health care issue. it s ab incredibly confusing time. you have these states in turmoil, what s the law today, when does it take effect, we tend to focus on the politics of
when they talk about what their prospects are when they don t address all of these abortion rulings. when you don t hear republicans come out and cheer them on as some had been doing ahead of the repealing of roe v. wade so there s a much more unanimous view behind the scenes on abortion with republicans about how now that the dobbs decision overturned roe v. wade that something for many decades was just theoretical has now become real and republicans are being forced to take increasingly complicated and controversial stances as judges rule, as laws are passed or suggested at a state level of you know, when is an abortion acceptable or not. is it 15 weeks is it six weeks before many women even know they re
to block the drugs. but also flores breaks down the two abortion rulings for us and their possible impact. there are two conflicting orders on abortion that is causing a lot of confusion in the united states. first there s one out of the state of texas a federal judge suspended the fda approval of an abortion pill called mifepristone, now a federal judge out of the state of washington also issued an order but ordering that that drug stay on the shelves of at least 12 liberal states. not because these are two conflicting orders by two federal judges in the united states. legal experts say that this is likely to land in the hands of the united states supreme court now let me get you up to speed about what we re talking about here. preston is an abortion drug. it was approved by the fda back in 2000 , so it s been on the shelves for decades. it is the most common way to terminate a
case moved to someplace else someplace that he deems to b more favorable or on donald trump in a bit first, a number of reporters i place from washington to tennessee covering all the due developments as i welcome you all will be i with and bases, monica alba, a the white house. monika, how is the biden administration reacting to these conflicting abortion rulings? they re responding quit forcefully, alex this was to be anticipated the white house was bracing fo this texas ruling for sometime and really, the person who has been one of the most outbursts broken voices for th administration on this has bee vice president, kamala harris. who was, really tasked wit tackling the abortion rights issue from the president and who had been leading groun tables with activists and thos affected, most of over the course of the last year ever since, of, course the suprem court overturned roe v. wade this is something they wer watching with a very close eye and when the ruling did come