interpreted, across the state. and so, a woman in that condition, who by the way might not know she has that condition, it s a diagnostic challenge at certain points. the woman s response system is not what she might expect under pregnancy. that woman is having a struggle in texas, that she previously did not have. the reality is, every abortion restriction across this country, makes pregnancy more dangerous, so even before this law, the treatment of a topic pregnancy, for example, that would be growing in a c-section scar, is difficult to do, at various hospitals across the state. that was a challenge before, and remains a challenge. but yes, this is making it even more complicated, and passed pregnancies, we have miscarriages that have been outside of the first trimester, in the second trimester. let s say someone is 15 weeks,
he is the new york times reporter at the supreme court. he is a graduate of harvard college and yale law school. he is one of those reporters who with a career turn here or there could have become one of the people he is now covering at the supreme court. and today adam liptack has the lead story in the new york times not because the supreme court did something today, not because the supreme court issued an historic life changing ruling today, but adam liptack has the lead story in the new york times today because of what the supreme court might do. here is the first sentence of the new york times lead story on page one in that upper right corner today, a transformed supreme court returns to the bench on monday to start a momentous term in which it will consider eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, vastly expanding gun rights, and further chipping away at the wall separating church and state.
before that term really has even begun. here s what planned parenthood ceo alexis mcgill johnson said this week in washington. there is not a single state in the union, where banning abortion is popular. our humanity and our dignity is not up for debate. [applause] every time they overreach, we fight back, as dr. king said, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. and sometimes, we need to jump up and hang on that arc, and bend it ourselves. and that s exactly what we are going to do until we were all free. and a house hearing on thursday, three members of congress shared their personal experiences, of abortion. in the summer of 1990, for i was raped, i became pregnant
supreme court they want. a two-thirds majority of almost sure votes to overturn roe versus wade. donald trump pointed three of the justices who were really chosen by mitch mcconnell who seem now ready to overturn roe versus wade. george w. bush appointed two of them, and george h.w. bush appointed one of them in 1991. so if you re one of those voters who skipped the 1988 presidential election because you didn t see much difference between the democrat and republican, that s why people were protesting this weekend. if you didn t vote in 2000 because you didn t see much difference between the democrat and republican, that s why the constitutional right to abortion services in this country might disappear. donald trump did not do this alone. george w. bush did it, george h.w. bush did it. every vote for every republican
experiencing severe pregnancy complications that are left untreated. they will be forced into birth. we know that people that are denied an abortion that is wanted, the denial of abortion leads to adverse child health outcomes, adverse maternal health care outcomes, and adverse mental health outcomes. so we re going to see, you know, a nightmare in our state. what did you mean when you said roe has not been a reality in texas? are you saying that texas has in effect denied the rights granted under roe in texas? yes, yes. that has been for decades now because of policies like the hyde amendment, but also through our numerous track laws that have been enacted over the past two decades in this state, it has systematically kept many of the communities that i care for in pregnancy care unable to access abortion care at all, whether it s because there are no clinics in their communities,