or 24, that abortion access is critical and it is one of th most important reasons for people to turn out and vote. we need to send a message to politicians that we re not going to take it anymore today the biden administration asked the supreme court to take emergenc action to stop a trump appointed judges ruling that would restrict access to mifepristone, one of the mos commonly used abortion drugs the restrictions were set to g into effect at one 8 am 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 beyond a five-day stay abortion advocates continue to fight republican oppo
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 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
bring these black members to heal they wanted to demonstrate the power of the proverbia whipping post, to publicly shame, signify dominance and try to force submission. the real point was wasn t abou the gun control debate or even order in the legislature it was about, it was an attemp to silence dissent joining us now from nashville, is tonight s surprise guest, tennessee democratic state representative justin jones, with him is reverend mar thompson, the host of the nake plane prod cast, and als peniel joseph, the foundin director of the center for the study of race and democracy at the university of texas at austin he is the author of the book the third reconstruction gentlemen, welcome all to th last word. representative jones, got to start with you tell us how you feel at th end of this week it s good to see you, jonathan it has definitely been a rollercoaster of a week.
their expulsions charles blow writes in the new york times that thos republicans, quote, wanted t bring these black members to he ll. they wanted to demonstrate the power of the proverbia whipping post, to publicly shame, signify dominance and try to force submission. the real point wasn t about th gun control debate or even order in the legislature it was an attempt to silence dissent. joining us from nashville it s nights surprise guest, tennessee democratic state representative justin jones, and with him is reverend mar thompson, the host of the make it plain podcast, also joining us is peniel e. joseph founding director for th center of the city of race and democracy at the university of texas at austin. he is the author of the book the third reconstruction gentlemen, welcome all to th last word. representative jones, got to start with you