wasn t as constitutional then today might make you think. for example, it was not a particularly controversial decision among american evangelicals. the southern baptist convection, they adopted pro abortion resolutions regularly during the 1970s and the december baptist. when roe was handed down, the southern baptist convention welcomed and explained why. he said i felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person and always been for seem to me that when it is best for the mother in the future it should be allowed. southern baptist convention. we re on roe versus wade and also really a genius between the political parties there were a lot of pro-choice republicans. republican governors were at the forefront of decriminalizing in that states in the 1960s including the governor of california ronald reagan. in 1967, governor reagan signed into law the so it s not there was not disagreements over abortion o
why do you think so many other states aren t? and we re hearing, we need to get ready, do something now. why do you think so many of them are surprised? i can t speak for them. this is part of who we are in california. and what makes a special to, which it is in our dna to stand up for our value to fight. and prepare to have care, and compassion for our people. to do everything that we can to have their back. and knowing that a threat was coming that was on the rise, we leapt into action. and we did it, and i m very glad to say all hands on deck. from our leaders in the legislature and both houses, our governor, our california department of justice. my team, our california general. our advocates, and activists. in the nonprofit. world all working together. we had a future of abortion council created where we were preparing for this moment, starting months ago. because we saw the tea leaves, we saw what was possible.
and then we can do things like pass the woman health care protection act. so that s something that you would look to do after the midterms. today, do you think you can get joe manchin and kyrsten sinema on board for that after a ruling like this? i don t have a lot of confidence in getting them on board, certainly joe manchin came out and said that and kavanaugh lied to him. these are two supreme court nominees, three actually, that took an oath. swore that they were going to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. and they sat down, and said that roe was some law. that it was precedent. and within two years? they have absolutely turned it on its head. so maybe that is making him think more willingly too maybe narrowly and the filibuster for this issue of women s choice. but, they don t face any consequences for being
because there is nothing in the reasoning of today s opinion from the six justices that would stop them from accepting something like a fetal personhood case. fetal personhood, a concept that the right has been building in this political movement, that they ve built around the abortion issue a fetal person could case, get into this court, would give the court a path to not just let individual states ban abortion, which is what they did today. if they took a fetal personhood case, that could be their vehicle to impose a nationwide ban on abortion, on the order of the united states supreme court. when that would apply, yes, even in california, even in new york, even in anywhere. and yes, that would be a radical thing for the supreme court to do. but wouldn t be that much more radical them but they have done today? i mean, they ve kind of broken the seal here, haven t they? roe was a 50 year old precedent that had been reaffirmed by the supreme court, by itself, multiple times. that did
right. well, politicians are not necessarily making legislation that reflects the views of the people in the state. that s not something that people of my generation can essay early control, especially since we are now just getting the right to vote. i just voted in my first election last semester, a few months ago. and i think west assured, people are going to be taking to the polls. people are going to be voting these people out of office, the best that they can. but right now, they are not working in favor of their constituents and in favor of their constituents beliefs. all, right paxton smith, thank you so much for joining us this evening. i appreciate you. thank you. coming up, the complex story of the woman behind this bitter national debate, that began half a century ago, when the extended edition of the 11th hour continues. we ve organized fighters as well as medical professionals