abortion rights still enact a decades old ban? what happens with abortion pills? where can they and can t they be mailed? what about the politics, can a republican congress with a republican president now move to restrict all abortions across the can country? what can democrats do to reverse this, if anything? at least ten states quickly moved to implement laws effectively banning abortions since friday, some happened with trigger laws, another five states expected to enact further laws limiting abortion and all 26 states have laws that indicate they could outlaw or set extreme limits on the procedure. there were some protests across the country over the weekend, they were largely peaceful. and as some states move to restrict abortion rights others are taking steps to protect access and funding. some major companies are pledging to provide support not just for employees, in some cases they re saying they re going to provide support for dependents in states where abortions a
meanwhile, there are questions about the future of other court-determined rights. a consenting opinion, a cop kurg opinion from justice clarence thomas calls for the court to reconsider the precedents on contraception and same-sex marriage. here now to discuss the biggest outstanding questions cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, the author of the nine inside the secret world of the supreme court and jeffrey is a former federal prosecutor. in orange is where abortions are banned, burnt orange is where they will shortly because of trigger laws that will force them in into place. ban, completely ban or largely restricted. then in the tan we believe they will be banned sometime soon. right. there s a really simple way to think about abortion rights in the united states now, which is if there is a republican legislature and a republican governor in the state, abortion is going to be banned in that