shut down, in some cases, doctors stopped performing what had been routine medical care out of fear of litigation or imprisonment, leaving some women with life altering conditions and scarring, both physical and emotional. on the broad end, more than 25 million women of child bearing age from 14 to 44 live in states where it is hard or impossible to get full reproductive care. millions more say those restrictions and bans go too far. by more than a two to one ratio, voters say abortion access across the country has become too difficult, rather than too easy. when put directly to the people, abortion access has largely been a winning issue. we ve seen it time and time again. but when left to state lawmakers, buffeted by the safety of their gerrymandered districts, that access has been rolled back systematically. do those truths hold? how long will abortion be a motivating issue. and are those districts really all that safe when the vast majority of women and most men say lawma
during? this yes, i. and sit there and look pretty. let s dive into some of the big stories of the week. donald trump, a busy man on the campaign trail in new hampshire and in the new york city courtroom during the second day of the defamation damages trial he faces involving writer e. jean carroll. the judge threatened to throw former president donald trump out of court for talking, being disruptive ball carroll was testifying on the stand. the judge also scolded trump attorney alina habba, one before the start the trial trial, she requested for the third time the trial be adjourned today. so that trump could attend his mother lost funeral in florida. the judge denied that request again, telling her to sit down, which haven t responded, she does not like being spoken to in that way by the judge. understand yesterday, e. jean carroll testified about the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of donald trump and how speaking about it in 2019 ruined her reputat
party, to decide who the winner will be of their contested primary for the republican party s presidential nominated contest this year. and you know all that, but it s worth just sort of going back to brass tacks for a second. in a two party system, each party is important, right? in a two party system, the relative strength, skill, the organizational capacity, the financial status, the size, the health of each party is at least a little bit important in every single state in the country, even in states that are dominated by one party or the other, the health and the capacity of each party matters. it s particularly crucial in swing states, though, where one party doesn t dominate, and in places where it s likely gonna be a close race between the republican nominee and the democratic nominee and the general election this fall, it is particularly important how healthy the state parties are on both sides. and the battleground states, the swing states these days, it s a pretty f
sisters, like nuns, of perpetual indulgence. it has outraged and upset christians across the country. some of the top players on the dodgers have been deeply uncomfortable with this honoring of this group. it led to the group being invited and then they were uninvited, and then reinvited as the dodgers shifted around to try to get on the right side of this with backlash on all sides. so here s why there s so much backlash. they call themselves a leading edge order of queer and trans nuns. they ve been around since the 1970s. they ve raised money for gay refugees and aids suffererers over the years. part of their act is routinely mocking jesus christ, the virgin mary and women that choose to devote their lives to serving as sisters and nuns. here s just one example of what they do. every year this is called the hunkey jesus contest. a warning. this might not be everyone s cup of tea. here s a bit. oh, hey. i m oh, sweet jesus! martha: okay. so i m sure it s not a big sur