country refused to tak substantive action to stop gun violence, continue to restrict abortion, rights and even ba books and defund libraries many young people are saying enough is enough and there is data to prove it. take a look at this. according to the group run for something, which helps recruit young people to run for office since april 3rd they have ha more than 1200 people expres interest in running for office half of those people have been in red state with 93 peopl signing up in tennessee alone. and here s the best part 21% of them were born in 199 or later progressive groups like bria run for something who ar hoping that the youth movement is here and that it is comin to a state house near you. joining us now is amanda litman, cofounder and co-executive
mifepristone one of the most commonly used abortion drugs the restrictions were set to g into effect at one a.m. on saturday, but just hours after this protest, the supreme cour issued a five-day hold o restricting the availability o mifepristone justice samuel alito, th author of the dobbs decision stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion, ruled that access to mifepristone will remain statu quo until the supreme court ca make a final decision on wednesday. there is no guarantee that the supreme court will over turn the abortion pill restrictions the on the five-day stay, an abortion advocates continue to fight republican opposition to abortion access. the president of narrow nara pro-choice america - nothing about the rulings from
she s a member of the senate committee on health, education labor, and pensions. she previously served as executive vice president o planned parenthood in minnesota, north dakota, and south dakota senator smith, thank you for coming to the last word. you are one of 253 congressional democrats wh signed on to an amicus brief t stay the texas ruling that was filed before we learned abou the temporary stay from th temporary state tonight but in your opinion what more needs t happen well, you, now as i m listening to you, listening to the interview of that woman in front of the supreme court she s got it absolutely right. this is nothing more tha another attack on th fundamental freedom of women t make their own decisions about their own health care. in the years that i worked a planned parenthood, i di battle with these republican whose goal was to strip away roe v. wade and now they hav moved on to banning abortion even in states where it is legal, by banning medication abortion
make their own decisions about their own health care. in the years that i worked a planned parenthood, i di battle with these republican whose goal was to strip away roe v. wade and now they hav moved on to banning abortion even in states where it is legal, by banning medication abortion so i think that the bide administration has done exactl the right thing. they have urged the suprem court to stop this chaos it is a good thing that alito, justice alito has paused for now, but it s only five days and so i don t take a lot of comfort in that. there is still a lot of work ahead to stop this and in your work for planne parenthood, you saw how-limite reproductive care can be i conservative rural parts of th country. is that your biggest concern once again absolutely. the biggest concern is tha women in rural places, small towns, are going to find their
the lower courts trump appointed judges at any basi in medical science with a steeped in reckless disinformation and total disregard for the law. as this case continues safe an effective medication abortio in all 50 states is at sever risk polling shows that 64% o americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. 64%. yet republican presidentia hopefuls are leading the way i restricting abortion in whit is turning out to be a losin strategy just one year ago today, governor ron desantis signed florida s 15-week abortion ban in a media circus surrounded b his close supporters yeah, but last night, governor desantis signed into law and even more restrictive six-week abortion ban but this time there was no hug press conference governor desantis signed the