but, there was a ballast saying tack, against the developing fetus, so that a certain point under roe v. wade, for example, in the third trimester it could be banned entirely. and the decision could be regulated in the interest of maternal and fetal health in the second trimester. but this abolish is a balancing test entirely, and says that because abortion is not mentioned in the constitution, and presumably there is no right to privacy, according to justice alito, the legislators can do whatever they want. so, look i serve on the judiciary committee, and the oversight committee. we have lots of hearings about this. the same right-wing lawyers who filed all these cases, and are always filing amicus they don t take a position that there s any kind of balancing,
entirely of that restriction? it is an elimination entirely, as i read it. i mean the good thing about roe v. wade, or planned parenthood versus casey, which that it established balance between the liberty of the woman to seek reproductive health care in consultation with her decision, and her family, it was a private choice, it was not up to state legs laters and to members of congress. but there was a balancing tactic, against the developing fetus, and so that at a certain point, under roe v. wade, for example, in the third trimester, it could be banned entirely, and the decisions to be regulated, in the interest of maternal and fetal health in the second trimester. but this abolishes the balancing test entirely, and says because abortion is not mentioned in the constitution, and presumably there is no right to privacy, according to justice alito, the legislatures can do whatever they want.
will get it even if you re vaccinated and boosted. mike, the cdc announced today that they are going to limit the number of isolation days, five days, from ten. rochelle walensky conceded they want something that s workable for the public, something they can swallow for this, and ten days was just too long. yeah, that s right, katy, at today s covid response briefing we had a lot of ground to cover, including questions about the availability and the accuracy of testing, questions about just what we re learning about the virus itself, questions about whether we ll be talking about a fourth booster in a matter of months as we re already starting to see in israel. a lot of the areas where this white house is on defense right now has to do with the guidelines the cdc announce just this week. we ve been hearing more about something of a balancing test that the administration is considering here. they want to be able to see
american life continue as much as normally as possible, even with case levels really exponentially growing, as you ve been indicating. they also want to make sure they re doing everything by the science. this is an administration that has always said they re following the science. walensky has been stressing throughout the day that this five-day isolation period rather than ten days is something that s a result of that balancing test. because we know the symptoms and transmissibility tends to occur two to three days after or one to two days before, that s what led their decision to the five-day system. but what walensky was also stressing in multiple interviews today in addition to this briefing was the fact that, a, you have to make sure you re asymptomatic, but b, there s no limit. if you want to isolate even further, you should be encouraged to do so even further. but especially to continue to wear the masks. so as the administration is now ending this calendar year, obviously presi
one is, you mentioned it, testing. the president obviously laying out a plan to get 500 million take-home tests to americans. we re going to see a website launched in the next few weeks as an effort to try to help with that. they ve also launched these testing sites. we re going to see more of them over the next few weeks. the other issue that the white house is particularly focused on is trying to sort of avoid a further strain not just on our healthcare system but on american life in general. that was really the motivation behind some of those new cdc guidelines. you heard top health officials talk about that balancing test. they want to make sure people are doing the safe thing but also avoiding the kind of disruptions we ve seen. the administration is really cognizant of the fatigue that many americans have of now dealing with this, as you say, in a third calendar year so last night, you heard that message of optimism but also praising those who have been on the front lines of this