wives can afford to go across state lines or subvert these criminalizations. i think what you find with the criminalization is there s a racial dynamic. no question. yes, it has to do with class but there is in the same way we discussed it around drugs a disproportionate women of color who are targeted. the very fact this cocaine mom law exists on the books is because of that weird thing that happened in the 80s and ninety that happened around crack babies, and if dr. hart were still here he d tell us turned out to be mostly false. you know, but it is absolutely about pro women but we have to step out and broaden the coalition. it s about rights. it s about women. there s so much focus on the fetus. but i ve talked about this before. the republican platform, when it talks about the abortion plank, no mention of women. it s about the fetus. it s about the unborn child. and we are left in the dust. the group that i keep hoping will champion this actually isn t a group of women,
reproduct rooifgts restrictions in june but were stopped by a wendy davis filibuster. then there was governor rick perry who made sure that legislation passed when he forced taxpayers to foot the bill for a second special session to get the restrictions through. this week, there was a federal judge that found that those medically unnecessary restrictions constituted an undue burden on women seeking an abortion. days later, a higher federal court ruled late thursday that the restrictions could immediately go into effect. so 114 lawmakers and the texas legislature, one governor, one federal judge, now one three-judge panel all making choices for texas women. you know, i have an idea. how about letting women, their families and their doctors decide what is best? joining us now from austin, texas, is fatima gifford, the director of marketing and public relations and whole women s health. thanks for being with us, fatima. thank you so much for having me. so how are you feeling this week
republicans complete control over oklahoma s legislature. since then, at least 16 bills imposing restrictions on reproductive rights have been passed in oklahoma including a bill that makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. for jessica and eric, such laws meant that to access an abortion they had to pack up their three young kids into a rental car, drive to dallas, live on ramen noodles and microwaved popcorn in a motel room. of course that was until the money ran out. and then the five of them slept hungry in the car while jessica recovered from the procedure. at least one republican lawmaker in oklahoma sees this reality as a problem. representative doug cox, who is also a medical doctor, personally chooses not to perform abortions but he did say, as a physician i don t want to go back to seeing women coming in with a perforated uterus or coat hanger or somebody doing an abortion who doesn t know how to do it. the story of jessica and eric is
with senator bob duel, i was going to point out that he didn t represent a largely urban district. he didn t understand the complexities of a lot of low income residents. he is used to serving zenltss that look like him. i was going to point out that he wasn t upholding the hippocratic oath that he swore to uphold when he became an obgyn and instead tried to be a woman s god. and she kept throwing out pro-choice testimonies all night bragging about her $100 million that she had gotten for women s health. and i was going to point out how that was like flicking a bandoid at a hemorrhage. that have the kind of hemorrhage a woman might have after a back alley abortion. after they passed the trans vaginal ultrasound bill, we lost dozens of clinics. that s why some places have zero clinics. when i was in texas yesterday, they have two clinic that s will be shut down by this bill. there s no need to brag about what you tried to do in this
steve, this lying pattern with him, look, i don t like my first name. i m wicked jealous of my brother who got the good name in my family. but it would be a lie if i just didn t tell you my first name and claimed my first name was mitt when it s willard. it begins there with this guy. if anyone on this panel was going to change their name, it would be me. we share something. the integrity of what we got stuck with. but i ve never seen anything like this in a politician. for me, with romney it started way back. i remember this guy in 1994 when he ran for the senate in massachusetts. his position was pro choice. that s well established but it was much more than that. in a debate, he told a story of a family that died from a back alley abortion and that