incident to police. that does it for us this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports, right now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what is president biden hoping to get out of today s executive order allowing him to seal the southern border? he made the announcement just a few minutes ago saying the influx of migrants is unsustainable. quote, for those who say the steps i ve taken are too strict, i say to you be patient. the goodwill of the american public is wearing thin right now. doing nothing is not an option. we have to act. he also said that without immigration reform, specifically the immigration bill which was crafted by a bipartisan team of senators and leaned conservative, by the way, signing an executive order was his only remaining option. that order is definitely going to go to the courts. the aclu has already said it plans on suing. and a number of progressive lawmakers including the congressional hispanic caucus are crying foul, saying this isn
statutory right for people to start families using reproductive technology. if they don t, they re sending a clear message to the american people that they do not support ivf, they do not support the right for families to have their own children, and people should remember that when they go to the polls in november. what about the right to contraception act? why is this potentially a controversial thing? why would republicans not sign up for people to have the right to nonconceive, to stop themselves before they do conceive? well, the same fundamental problem also occurs here with the fertilized egg being a human child. it would mean iuds, a farm of birth control used in women, especially low income women, would no longer be viable because an iud prevents implantation of a fertilized egg. it would be creating manslaughter or murder every single cycle and also you re seeing now in many states where republicans are trying to ban access to many forms of birth