five years, i mean, the polling on this has been relatively stable, in fact moving in the direction of abortion rights in this country for decades. so that s where we are. what are women going to do? when we talk about arizona, what are young voters going to do? arizona is a state where, you know, there are a lot of young latinos who are eligible to vote and who tend to lean democratic. it probably gave joe biden a bit of an edge in 2020. one of those younger voters going to do who spent their whole lives in a world where roe v. wade was law of the land? these are some of the big questions going into november. they are the wildcards in this race. and even republicans will acknowledge that when you look at states like oklahoma, where the governor there says we want to ban all abortions in the state and has done so virtually, it s not hypothetical anymore. it actually has happened. and voters are now evaluating the things that are actually
the voters have been for a very long time. i m not talk about that last five years, i mean, the polling on this has been relatively stable, in fact moving in the direction of abortion rights in this country for decades. so that s where we are. what are women going to do? when we talk about arizona, what are young voters going to do? arizona is a state where, you know, there are a lot of young latinos who are eligible to vote and who tend to lean democratic. it probably gave joe biden a bit of an edge in 2020. what are those younger voters going to do who spent their whole lives in a world where roe v. wade was law of the land? these are some of the big questions going into november. they are the wildcards in this race. and even republicans will acknowledge that when you look at states like oklahoma, where the governor there says we want
and your colleagues spoke with a number of people who had come to kansas specifically because they live in neighboring states where abortion may not be an option for them. i was really struck by there was a 28-year-old woman who wasn t named but she was there because her doctor had said that she could not continue her cancer treatments for her stopmach and thyroid pregnant if she was pregnant. that doesn t qualify as a medical emergency exemption in oklahoma. yeah, a lot of states like oklahoma that have fully o outlawed abortion, exceptions are limited. so they often don t define what medical emergency means and doctors especially are reticent to push that but in a lot of cases it is either defined or being interpreted as an immediate emergency, an med threat to the pregnant person s life or something that will cause significant bodily harm. but cancer while it was eventually kill you, the doctor felt that they were not able to use that as an exception in her
going to pay the price. the truth is, the majority of women, of the majority of people in oklahoma, and across this country, don t support these extreme abortion bans. including we have a polling from before this shut up, 56% of people in oklahoma would vote against somebody that supports this. but we have to take action now, and especially in states like oklahoma. emily, your state of oklahoma is one of the several right states that have banned abortion, excluding cases of rape and incest. what are the logistics of having access to abortion in oklahoma? we ve really been living a nightmare in oklahoma. we have seen, prior to the most recent bans in oklahoma, we have seen texans crossing state lines to get care in oklahoma who are living nightmares. they re telling us about how terrible it was, that they need, care that they did have rights, and despite seeing, that
supports this. but we have to take action now, and especially in states like oklahoma. emily, your state of oklahoma is one of the several right states that have banned abortion, excluding cases of rape and incest. what are the logistics of having access to abortion in oklahoma? we ve really been living a nightmare in oklahoma. we have seen, prior to the most recent bans in oklahoma, we have seen texans crossing state lines to get care in oklahoma who are living nightmares. they re telling us about how terrible it was, that they needed care, that they had fewer rights, and despite seeing, that oklahoma legislature move forward bans that put oklahoma in a position before roe even felt to lose. care proud to last week s ruling, we already lost access to oklahoma because we had the first of the country s total bans on abortion care. so it means now if you are in oklahoma, or, arkansas or missouri, three of the states we serve, you have to tell, you