day weekend to all of the moms who are here. [applause] and especially our amazing first lady, christian cooper, who is here with us today. [applause] along with one of my amazing daughters, hillary, who is here today. [applause] and i know my mom, the best public school teacher in the history of north carolina mom is looking down on us and smiling today. i know that she is. [applause] let s be clear, this bill has nothing to do with making women safer, and everything to do with banning abortion. [applause] there is a reason why the north carolina medical society, the ob/gyn society, the north carolina academy of family physicians all oppose this bill. [applause] how about leave the medicine to the doctors? and the decisions to the women? [applause] now we ve heard republican legislators claiming this bill is a mainstream compromise. [crowd chanting] let me tell you what, mainstream bills don t get rid in secret. kept under lock and key, introduced in the dark of night, kept
joining me now is nbc legal analyst lisa reuben, along with the president of naral pro choice america we are waiting for them right now, but i want to let you know we re following both of these two stories so we will have the speech that we know vice president kamala harris gave at this university in tennessee, that was happening while we were waiting to come on the air, and this ruling came down just a moment ago let me tell you a little bit about this judge in his writings, matthew kacsmaryk out of texas has described being transgender as a mental disorder. he s called homosexuality disordered he has had sexual revolutionaries have made the unborn child and marriage secondary tothe desires of liberated adults he sided with a christian father that anyone under the age of 18 in the state of texas needs approval by their parent before getting birth control. he is a university of texas law school graduate who has focused his attention on the legal foundations for aborgtion righ
out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
about it, maybe he ll do it. like he did with the mueller investigation for so long. there is no chance he was ever going to testify. it s all a routine. it s all a hoax! don t believe it! i mean, the idea that he d been cooperative at the same time while he s throwing every bit of sand he can into the works is like, you know, come on, we know fully once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. we all know how the story ends. you know who s going to testify? his mascot, lindsey graham has been ordered by the federal appeals court to testify to the georgia grand jury that is investigating among other things lindsey graham s phone calls from the secretary of state about the presidential election along with donald trump s famous phone call. one of those striking things about the three judge panel 12 judges, appointed by donald trump. and of course, voted for by lindsey graham. the irony! the irony! the irony! lindsey grime has fought to do this with every out in his qu