but the urgency is real. especially as the revocation of a right with other red states. including a lot of misery that prohibits pregnant women from getting a divorce. michele goodwin, chancellor s professor of law at the university of california irvine, and the author of policing the womb, invisible women of the criminalization of motherhood. also joining us, legal historian and law professor mary ziegler, she is the author of the new book dollars for life, the anti-abortion movement and the fall of the republican establishment. thank you both very much for coming in tonight. professor goodwin, i will start with you. this missouri law seems to ignore circumstances republicans don t want to see like, an abusive marriage or pregnancy within a marriage that might have might not have been consensual, no? that s right and they took for granted slights legal scholars who supported and wrote about marital rape as being nonexistent because a woman is the property of her husband and
pro-life, that he was always pro-choice. in social settings and all of that. he was just playing a role with the christian right and the far right to get their votes and get their base to get elected. now he s like, wait a minute, don t really do this, because he understands better than anybody that is going to hurt them. and he s not immoral, he s amoral. he does what he thinks will win and he knows this is not a winner for them. the republicans seemingly had a steam roller for the midterm elections. that is been slowed down by this decision and donald trump knows that. well joining us now, co-founder and ceo of the group all in together, lauren leader. also with us university of california davis law professor mary ziegler, the author of dollars for life, the anti-abortion movement and the fall of the republican
i think joe is right for sure about independent women. and i believe that over the long-term even among those who are pro-life, as the impact of this ruling begins to effect things like ivf, and potentially ultimately access to birth control, there are many bridges that will be too far even for those who may take a moral position on abortion and on life. and that is going to spell, i think ultimately, big trouble for the republican party and in electoral politics. and professor ziegler, this isn t the end of where conservatives want to go on this issue. i say conservatives. i m sorry. radicals want to go on this issue. this is just the beginning. i mean, what is next? well we ve already been told what is next. a federal ban of abortion being passed through congress. what is next? justice thomas told us what is next. they re going after
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