ruth bader ginsburg famously said about roe, which she supported, but she said it did have this bad effect, which was that it stopped the democratic process from finding compromises. and you can see that in europe where these decisions have been made by democratic legislatures that they come up with these compromises which are more in the center than the united states is, 14 weeks, or germany is 12 weeks i think. as you say, after that with reasons. is it possible that we will come to some kind of centrist, moderate compromise in the united states? i think it is certainly possible. that is not at all what it looks like right now. right now what we see are some states are very comfortable with the kind of abortion rights we ve had for the last 50 years under roe and are looking to cement that right and perhaps expand it to help people who want to come in from other
become much more sharp now. it is fair to say that most overwhelming majorities of pregnancies you tell me the percentage happen very early on. they don t happen in week 22, 23? that s right. even in the united states when abortion was technically legal up until the point of fetal viability about 23 weeks of pregnancy the vast majority like 95% or more of abortions were taking place before that point. more than 90% of abortions in the united states happen in the first trimester of pregnancy. ruth bader ginsburg famously said about roe, which she supported, but she said it did have this bad effect, which was that it stopped the democratic process from finding compromises. and you can see that in europe where these decisions have been made by democratic legislatures that they come up with these compromises which are more in
differently. that being said, i asked them to take a look at his words because i thought his words were particularly significant for republicans. for me, the part that stuck the most was when he reminded republicans that they are not subservient to the president of the united states. they are equals to the president of the united states, an equal branch. i think, you know, it is a very powerful moment with 80-year-old john mccain gets up from his sick bed after surgery, after receiving a scary, scary diagnosis, and gets up and goes to give this call to action to his colleagues. hills defen this defense of the institution, this defense of going back to regular order and doing things in bipartisan way, of finding compromises. i found his words to be very, very powerful. i am hopeful john will make a difference in this process of this bill and make this bill better. you re right about his words, because even the people as you said were disappointed, some people were disappointed in the
wanted to get back in the game. i think it was a very well thought out speech. i understand a lot of people are very disappointed with the way he voted, wish he had voted differently. that being said, i asked him to take a look at his words. i thought his words were particularly significant for republicans. for me the part that stuck the most was when he reminded republicans that they are not subservient to the president of the united states. they are equals to the president of the united states. an equal branch. i think it s a very powerful moment when 80-year-old john mccain gets up from his sick bed after surgery, after receiving a scary scary diagnosis, and gets up and goes to give this call to action to his colleagues. his defense of the institution, this defense of going back to regular order and doing things in a bipartisan way. finding compromises. i found his words to be very, very powerful.
from president trump about how much he admired the russian strong man was verging on naive. there was an element of hopefulness that i appreciated in trump s willingness to try to turn over a new leaf and be more pragmatic dealing with president putin but there was too much expectation that these guys could get along. it s not just president trump. president obama and president bush hoped for and temporarily enjoyed better relations with putin at the beginning of their presidencies, too. i m more interesting in getting to the tough business of finding compromises on syria and eastern european security, that both russia and the united states can live with and see the ability to have a tough-headed and not an easy diplomacy where we won t be allies, we re not going to see things in complete lockstep. but there s ways to find compromises that protect the core interests of both sides.