it s not a possibility. and so a lot of people are being forced to carry their pregnancies to term and it s simply unethical and inhumane to be the conduits of this law every single day. yeah. it s a forced birth law, not there s nothing humane or pro-life about it. it s just forced birth. they just want to make people give birth. and then they really could give a damn what happens to the woman, the child. they don t really care, you know, christina, because this is only about controlling women. and punishing women. because they want women to be 100% in the control of men. there s this this is a distance the gutmacher institute puts out the data of how far women would have to travel one way to seek an abortion if a total ban is put in place. in louisiana you have to go 666 miles. 575 in florida. 542 in texas. 495 in mississippi. 384 in montana. and we re talking about 26 states that would instantly have laws that would ban abortion if in fact roe, and i would say when roe goes.
quote, the number of legal abortions performed in texas dropped 50% from the same month in texas, but many texans have crossed state lines for abortion care and that s overwhelming clinics in neighboring states. a new study by the goodmacher institute shows how overturning roe v. wade could severely limit abortion access for millions of women across the country because many states remain hostile to abortion rights. look at this map, goodmacher says up to 26 states could swiftly ban abortion if roe is ever overturned affecting 36 million women of reproductive age. elizabeth nash is with the gutmacher institute, and she s one of the analysts who put together a new study that looks how abortion access could be limited in post-roe america.
accessible as possible and that is the kind of effort we would need across the country should this happen. other people may look to obtain an abortion through the internet, right? but some people will be able to travel although a number won t and some people will have continue pregnancies that they weren t intending on having. elizabeth, thanks as always for joining us and giving us clarity on a very, very complicated issue that s about to become more complicated for many americans. elizabeth nash is with the gutmacher institute. don t go anywhere. we re just getting started. straight ahead, representative judy chu tells us where things stand with president biden s agenda. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it s 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00
abortions in this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million. that is according to the gutmacher institute. a lot of women died in that period. so the question comes, and you have said today not today, b but it s been reported that you have said that roe is now settled law. the first question i have, what do you mean by settled law. i tried to ask earlier, do you believe it is correct law. have your views on whether roe is settled precedent or could be overturned and has your views changed since you were in the bush white house? senator, i said that it is settled as a precedence of the supreme court and entitled respect under stare decisis.
the gutmacher institute which frequently does studies of these sorts of things you should disclose that i am on the board of naral pro choice america, 2005-2008 when the data was available, the rate of sexual activity among teenagers stayed the same. however, teen pregnancy rates actually went down. it went up in a handful of states like mississippi, texas, arkansas, unfortunately, states that are now, we re not just talking about limiting access to the legal procedure of abortion, limiting access to birth control. but now limiting access to sex education so that kids would have the information to not get pregnant. i would love to live in a world where fewer kids have sex at a young age. but i want kids to have the right information and if they make a mistake, i don t want them to have to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. what if they were raped or molested or abused. there s a con flags of