special coverage of the supreme court s decision to overturn roe versus wade. the reverse nearly 50 years of abortion rights in this country. this will likely be a weekend, or possibly longer, of protests in the streets. which we have already seen coast to coast. complete and overjoyed that it was finally overturned. it feels like a betrayal. it feels like my country doesn t love me and appreciate my body as a woman. i can t even chance because i can t say anything. it just it hurts. i ve had people in my family have abortions and they have felt the regret years and years down the line. and they re still dealing with it and facing the trauma today. going back to needles and the whole thing, i m stunned. i don t understand. we cannot organize over it. we have to get organized. and just throw these people out. eventually we are going to die. women are going to die between now and when we can get legislation passed. this ruling automatically clears the way for abor
closing up shop here for the night. but as for the first couple of hours, we saw that initial protest from those who are opposed to abortion rights, who were elated, and celebrating, and happy. and after a few hours, they left. the streets were filled with hundreds and thousands of people who were the ones that were hoping that maybe we would see a compromise. they were maybe hoping that it away, we re expecting to see this decision come down, it s not what they got today. we saw tears of joy and despair. we had very emotional heavy conversations. and we will hear some of those conversations, stephanie. a lot of things have been going through my mind, anger, deep sadness, and a desire to turn this around the. this is going through my mind. it s a rollercoaster emotion! it s completely utter joy that roe is overturned. women are going to die between now and when we get legislation passed, which is untenable. we heard a lot of concern around that last statement you hear
population that want these radical outcomes. but the justices are actually a part of this persistent effort. and they said, to shrink the vote. and the more you grasp vote suppression laws, the more you bless partisan gerrymandering, the more you say this is too hard for us, and therefore, states can continue to constrict the vote. the justices don t just become a sort of, minoritarian check. they can become part of reinforcing, consistency reinforcing minority rule. and i think that s what they re leaning into without entirely reckoning with it. that now we have a courts that is persistently making it harder for majority views and wishes and policies to be
suppression laws, the more you bless partisan gerrymandering, the more you say this is too hard for us, and therefore, states can continue to constrict the vote. the justices don t just become a sort of, minoritarian check. they can become part of reinforcing, consistency reinforcing minority rule. and i think that s what they re leaning into without entirely reckoning with it. that now we have a courts that is persistently making it harder for majority views and wishes and policies to be effectuated. that is not necessarily doing something for this constitution. it s raw power. judges, they matter. valley a lithwick, barbara mcquade, judge currency. and thank you for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. when we come back, the battle for abortion rights is deeply personal for people across this country. but for congresswoman jackie,