united states for a certain states have permissive abortion laws, abortion rights and other states have abortion bands and you see people going from one state to another to get abortions. that s kind of the way things were in the united states back in the 1960s before the 1973 roe v wade case holding up abortion rates across the country was put into effect. interesting. let me turn to my panelists that are with us. this is quite something to watch the debate thatis quite something to watch the debate that is taking place within the united states. the that is taking place within the united states. that is taking place within the united states. , ., ., , united states. the struggle against roe v wade united states. the struggle against roe v wade is united states. the struggle against roe v wade is something - united states. the struggle against roe v wade is something that - united states. the struggle against roe v wade is something that hasl roe v wade is something that has anima
intervene in texas. for folks down there, it s been almost five months that access to safe and legal abortion is practically nonexistent. you could definitely say that roe is no longer the law of the land in texas, and as you say, not only arizona, but we estimate that probably 26 states are poised to either completely or largely ban access to safe and legal abortion. that s over half the country. now, this is a highly contested partisan issue, and the republican party has been focused on for years trying to curtail abortion rights. a new poll shows that more than two-thirds of americans are against overturning roe, and if it were overturned, 59% of americans say they want more permissive abortion laws. will we see this issue as an energizer for both bases ahead of the 2022 midterms? i think it will be a
in numbers of texan women who are travelling to get their out of state abortions in those out of state clinics. are you out to get the people who are involved in those abortions beyond texas borders? no, of course not. and, as you may recall, you ve read before roe v wade in 1973, each state made its own laws. in texas and america, we have this system of federalism where the states created a federal government. the states have great liberty in setting their own laws. so, before roe v wade, states like california and new york had more permissive abortion laws than states like texas. if the supreme court sees fit to overturn roe v wade and give this back to the states, we d be in that situation again where different states have different laws, different rules, and that s how the american system was designed. your bill was carefully crafted to ensure that the sort of legal enforcement, if you like, comes from the citizenry rather than from agents of the state.
so, before roe v wade, states like california and new york had more permissive abortion laws than states like texas. if the supreme court sees fit to overturn roe v wade and give this back to the states, we d be in that situation again where different states have different laws, different rules, and that s how the american system was designed. your bill was carefully crafted to ensure that the sort of legal enforcement, if you like, comes from the citizenry rather than from agents of the state. that s one reason that the supreme court so far has decided not to intervene. how many vigilantes thus far in the 20 days the legislation has been in place have actually begun legal actions against women or the people that they believe have helped women get abortions? well, as you probably know, the concept of qui tam we inherited from ourfriends in english common law, and it gives citizens the right to bring cases on behalf of the public, on behalf of the common good. nothing new in america, no
the nation s most permissive abortion laws. i know. and yet all of these candidates are going to end up claiming some kind of emlation of ronald reagan. is that accurate? is that fair? well, everything you said is acrarkts martin. he did all those things under duress. he did them because we have a divided political system, adversarial system, but other part you have to pay homage to is every cab driver, if you will, every american knew where ronald reagan stood. he wanted to defeat the soviet union in the cold war using electronics, basically high frontier, star star wars. he wanted to do it through state of the art technology. they knew what he was going to do, gun the engines on research and bet them and maybe even bluff them out of the cold war. number two, he s going to reduce the size of government by cutting taxes. everybody knew those things about him, those elements of his belief. we as of this moment don t know those attributes of belief of barack obama, and that is hu