alone, and afghan women are especially anxious to know more about the nature of the new regime. small demonstrations demanding equality and representation for women have taken place since the taliban takeover, but some have been met with force. when they were last in power, of course, the taliban s interpretation of sharia law led to the persecution and targeting of women. also lgbtq people and ethnic minorities. minext guest has been fighting for the rights of women in afghanistan for decades as a lawmaker, author and advocate. a former member of the afghan parliament who served in that capacity since 2005. she joins me now live from doha. and thanks for doing so. there has been as we said some incredible bravery by women protesting in the street, risking their very lives for protesting as the taliban beat them, threatened them. what goes through your mind as
about the rights of women in afghanistan. but in america you can worry about what s happening with women s rights right here. the fight over the future of roe v. wade isn t about the future. texas is already feeling the effect. dr. allison gilbert is the medical director at the southwestern women s surgery center. she s also a physician who performs abortions in dallas and knows the situation. doctor, thank you for joining me. the idea of six weeks, heartbeat at six weeks, does that even exist in science? is there a heart at six weeks? first, thank you so much for having me on this evening, chris. so that s a great question. at six weeks that s when we can oftentimes detect what we call cardiac activity. while there is most certainly not a fully formed heart at that gestational age, it s more of an electric flicker that you can see on the screen.
save them, please. please do something. evelyn, thank you first and foremost for your service. david, i thank you also for your expertise. thank for you being here. we retien to stay on to have of this fast- an escalation, what this make mean for the rights of women in afghanistan, who who are now fearing, as kristin just said, fearing for their i was. congressman and member, filemon vela weighs in. stay with us. weighs in stay with us i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements,
. out rage growing over taliban militants executing a 22-year-old woman accused of adultery. these are pictures of the woman just before she was shot repeatedly in the back in front of a crowd of men. nbc news has not independentpy authenticated this video, but it s out there just as secretary of state hillary clinton made a powerful plea for the rights of women in afghanistan. the united states believes strongly that no nation can achieve sustainable peace, reconciliation, stability and economic growth if half the population is not empowered. and the secretary told afghanistan that among other things, women s rights will need to be upheld for afghanistan to get $16 billion in u.s. aid. she also called democracy the key to economic growth while in mongolia and at a 70-nation conference in tokyo, she worked on frayed u.s./pakistani