Years, the second since it overturned roe v. Wade. This appears to have divided the court over ideological and gender lines. It is a case about the near total ban on abortions in idaho. The doj sued the state saying the ban violated federal law that makes it mandatory for hospitals to provide emergency medical care. Arguing in some cases abortions are just that, theyre emergency medical care. And that the Legal Standard of quote, good faith medical judgment has proven to be too vague. That lack of a clear standard is exactly what both Justice Sonia sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett tried to wrestle out of the attorney representing idaho today. Listen. This particular patient had to deliver her baby. The baby died. She had a hysterectomy, and she can no longer have children. All right. Youre telling me the doctor couldnt have done the abortion earlier . Again, it goes back to whether a doctor can in good faith medical judgment thats a lot for the doctor to risk. It is very case by case. T
they re infuriated by the supreme court allowing texas to ban abortion if less than six weeks. it s unfolding in washington where the supreme court is about to take up another critical case that could weaken reproductive cases even more. suzanne malveaux explains. reporter: i covered the march here five years ago right after president trump s inauguration. there were thousands of women who gathered, many in those familiar hand-knit pink caps. madonna, alicia keys were part of the lineup. at the time there was a lot of anxiety, rage, and concern about the turnover of the administration. today was very different. the numbers much different, in the thousands or so in the crowd, and very specific, targeting reproductive rights, abortion rights, very focused on that and the supreme court s
might just stick a for sale sign and say as is. reporter: an uncertain future shared by so many from a storm taking so much morgan joins us now. and morgan, we re hearing more and more about people with medical needs stuck without power. what are officials going to do to help them yeah, tom, right now the city of new orleans prepping this convention center to specifically house those disabled or people with specific critical medical needs. the mayor saying they plan to have 100 beds at the start, but can certainly expand tom? still a dire situation there in new orleans. all right, morgan, thank you. now to another breaking story in washington where the supreme court just cleared the way for a controversial abortion law in texas it s a major blow for the abortion rights movement for other states, though, the divisive ruling could be a blueprint toward their own laws catie beck reports reporter: a divided supreme court decision causing more divide across the country everyon
technicality. the legislature rushed to vote but not in time to beat the midnight deadline. the crowd that had been there to support her all day saved their biggest cheers for last. [ cheers and applause ] good day. i am andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court has now ruled that same sex couples cannot be denied the right to marry according to the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law. it s that simple. the court punted on california s prop 8. that, in effect, let a lower court ruling stand and opened the door to the resumption of same-sex marriages in california. the twin victories led to celebrations from the steps of the supreme court where washington s gay men s chorus sang the national anthem, to greenwich village, to towns and burrows around the nations.