a positive pregnancy test, and now it scares me. it scares me because i might not be able to get an abortion this time. reporter: although colorado guarantees the right to an abortion, the procedure is now illegal in many of the surrounding states. we ve seen an influx of folks coming in from out-of-state to get an abortion, which is straining clinics here. it s increasing wait time. planned parent hood tells me there s a minimum two week wait right now as providers struggle to cope with the surge. thank you. we ll be right back. trade in a , any year any condition. oh i get it. so you can take your old phone, that you ve had for 12 years and loved every minute of, and trade it in for something new that suits your life now? that s right, yeah. and then enjoy immediate success, even though you ll never forget your old phone. ever. it s a great trade. life-changing. get a free samsung galaxy s22 with any galaxy trade-in.
my wife faced unplanned pregnancy as teacher. she rejected violence of abortion. this has deep personal impact on me because of all these factors in my life. i just thank god that i m now able to actually prove that triumph can rise from tragedy all the time. in fact i want to celebrate my dad who passed away on the anniversary of roe v. wade back last year. we have a fund called the henry and andrea bomb berger loving fund, to provide a home for vulnerable children. pete: you give me chills. i love adoption. pete: your radiance foundation focuses on disportionate impact of abortion on the black community as well? absolutely we were the first ones to launch a public ad campaign. to highlight planned parenthood s past and present racism. call them anti-racist organization today because this is laughable. they re the number one killer of black lives, killing 360 black
immediately. we take the concept of a trigger law. what happens to abortion providers in south dakota as of this moment? how do you enforce the law as of this moment? what is the lay of the land in south dakota today? planned parent hood already stopped abortions in state of south dakota a month or two ago. that was good news. we had a state statute on the books if roe v. wade was ever overturned at the supreme court, immediately abortion was be illegal in our state except to save the life of a mother. so that went into effect. what we will do continue to focus on not punishing mothers or women. we ll focus on the doctors who knowingly break the law to perform abortions in the state of south dakota. pete: governor, what is your message to the next generation? the debate for roe has gone on over 50 years. a whole new drop of young people technology, it was am deck i can is not the right word but about rights and liberties. what is your message to all
and remember it was president reagan who put the first woman on the supreme court, sandra day o connor, and when that major case i mentioned, planned parent hood, reached the court it was really a clash between all those men who wrote the law and now a all those men who wrote the law and now a court that would have this final word, and that case was decided by one vote, and it was o connor s, a republican appointee, a reagan appointee, but you know what, let s be clear. she was also a woman, first woman on the court, and so she exercised her judicial power to uphold roe, and she wrote the main three parts of that majority. it s o connor who wrote that modern women came of age with, quote, roe s concept of liberty, defining the way for women to act in society and make reproduction decisions for themselves, end quote.
she questioned whether the institution of the supreme court could survive the stench that would result if the people came to think that the court s interpretation of the constitution was nothing more than a political act. yeah. and it seems it s incredible when i look back at the president at the time president trump saying he was going to appoint pro-life justices and using that as a litmus test and where we are now, that you cannot already say that we are seeing a political court here. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i greatly appreciate your analysis on this. and just a few minutes ago we were laying out the reality of a post-roe america. so how will abortion rights advocates adapt if roe is overturned? who better than to discuss this than cecile richards. the cochair of american bridge, a progressive research association, of course she s the former president of planned parent hood. cecile, it s great to have you with us. thank you so much for joining