years of precedent and overturn roe versus wade, it was far from the final battle on either side over access to abortion health care in america. among independent voters, democratic voters and large numbers of republican voters, it s been a political spark that continues to jolt and potentially reshape our politics the power of the courts assault on a right supported by a majority of all americans is only exacerbated by the right s ongoing assault on access to reproductive health care the gop s war on women s reproductive freedom reached a new crescendo on friday night in the form of a ruling from a right-wing federal judge who was hand picked to make a decision that would further eliminate access to reproductive health care judge matthew kacsmaryk ordered the 23-year long fda approval of a drug called mifepristone be put on hold in every single state. it s one half of the two-drug regimen used in medication abortions. he gave the government seven days to appeal his ruling w
in a statement, joe biden called it another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. adding, if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court s decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington judge prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the drug, mifepristone, is a medicinal pill which can be taken at home. it s used in more than half of us pregnancy terminations, and was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. live now to mary ziegler, professor of law at uc davis in california. we know now
first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion. just like men, i don t think, have sex to get pregnant every time. abortion laws have always been each and every one of them about control
the campaign this week. the supreme court makes th right call on the abortion call at least for now i asked congresswoma alexandria ocasio-cortez about the political moment that we are in, during our sunda exclusive. and it is coming up. first, plus one of the keys to reelecting and come from a tough starting position? former obama campaign manage jim seen it was the last guy t do it, and he joins me just few minutes. meanwhile, ron desantis seem to be running agains everything and everyone. except the guy he is going t have to be to win th republican nomination. smart strategy i m not so sure a little ice cream with presidential nominee turne secretary of state - john kerry and i talked to one of my former boss is about a threat to committing to th work he s doing to fight it. many of us across the countr breathed a big sigh of relie on friday when the supreme court announced that the mos widely used abortion pill will remain available while on appeal moves forward. it is
and completely overall the fbi and the justice department whe and if he returns to the presidency donald trump announced his candidacy back in november taking up familiar vague lives last campaign. the election was stolen from him and expanding th persecution narrative, claimin that all the investigations of lawsuits in the criminal indictment against him are politically motivated. and by all appearances, th messaging is working for him very well. brand-new nbc news poll this morning shows 68% of republica primary voters believe that th investigations into donald trump are politicall motivated. and are designed to stop him from being president again i think that those voters must support trump now to stop hi opponents from winning meanwhile, nbc news report that president joe biden i expected to formally launch zealot reelection campaign thi coming tuesday, for years to the day after he announced his 2020 presidential bid on a platform of rescuing the country from a president