exceptions for the life and health of the woman. and even that i have learned is a highly subjective matter. hundreds of appointments across the state were canceled immediately. now this man the new status quo here ever since. alabama s laws been called the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. and makes providing abortions a class a felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison. on top of that, providing having access that care could also be a crime and it s not clear where she might go to obtain reproductive health care, and women who are pregnant here worry that any miscarriage can make them a criminal suspect. and a week since roe, fell all of alabama s neighboring states have been acting their old man making virtually inaccessible across the entire south east region of the united states. people in alabama will likely have to travel hundreds of miles across multiple states in some cases, to get a safe and legal abortion. i have come here, to speak with the medical
revelation, of the secret service will play a part in a hearing. although the select committee, has subpoenaed the agency, which says it is cooperating. thursday s hearing will take place just over a week after the last public hearing, which focused on how, far-right extremist groups participated in the insurrection. also, the direct and indirect coordination, between those groups, and several of the former presidents people. that hearing also featured testimony, from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. including his firsthand account, of a raucous december 18th, 2020 meeting in the oval office. that meeting involves some really strange figures. the former overstocked outcome guy, patrick byrne, the i m sure the four seasons landscaping, is related to the hotel guy. rudy giuliani, but maybe venezuela interfered in our election, sydney powell. all reportedly pushing the former president, to overturn the election, seize voting machines, and even invoke martial law. in th
case, dr. caitlin bernard, the indianapolis-based physician who took care of the young girl, she s been the target of threats and smears including from indiana s republican attorney general, who said he ll be investigating her. none of this is new to dr. bernard, or to many other abortion providers. they ve been the targets of threats for years, back in 2020, doctor bernard stopped offering her services to a clinic after the fbi alerted her employers that a kidnapping threat had been made against her daughter. there is in fact a long history of violence against abortion providers in this country. according to the national abortion federation, there have been 11 murders, nearly 500 assaults, 42 bombings, and 196 artisans directed at abortion clinics and at volunteers since 1977. the threat of violence has been increasing for years. last week, tammy coleman oscar, the director of north dakota s last remaining abortion clinic spoke of the threats that her clinics have recently e
one-on-one with vice president kamala harris. her take as such a pivotal decision divides the nation. and the cost of living. a closer look at sky-high rent prices and the crippling effect on so many people just trying to get by. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead. and fallout from the monumental supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. today, a portrait of an increasingly divided america. at least ten states now have effectively banned abortion with varying exceptions or none at all. another handful of states are expected to enact bans in the coming days and weeks. meanwhile, abortion rights activists are launching new legal challenges on the state level while democratic governors are promising to expand abortion access and protect people who travel there for care. a fourth day of protests is planned in cities across the country today after a weekend of marches, rallies, and at times violent demonstratio
because that is the same treatment as a foreign abortion, and they are coming under investigation or prosecution. i think what the president understands is that it is impossible to police a uterus, without the surveillance of pregnancy outcomes, the surveillance of individuals who are pregnant, who stopped being pregnant, whether through abortion, miscarriage, there is a real possibility that red states will set up a kind of dragnet, investigating individuals who are suspected of terminating a pregnancy, suspected of purchasing medication abortion illegally on the internet. it is to the effect of travelling to another state to receive an abortion. there is many legal scrutiny that many women will come under in a red states. i think it is unwise to you it solely as a matter of individual liberty for women who seek to terminate a pregnancy. this will affect so many more people and really put the spotlight on those who are carrying a pregnancy is because the states that ban abor