abortion rights there. west virginia has a very old ban too and some lawmakers also want that reviewed but that is because they want it updated to be effective. then come states which could very well bring in more severe anti-abortion measures in the wake of the supreme court ruling. florida, indiana, iowa, nebraska, montana. and finally we have some wild cards, states where new bans may show up depending on what happens politically. kansas, pennsylvania and don t forget about what is happening in wisconsin. there an old rule is on the books but the governor says he will give clemency to any physician prosecuted under that law. there are many exceptions to almost every example here, but that is a general sense of the chaos in the wake of roe being struck down and where we stand at the moment. tom foreman there. there has been reaction pouring in from around the world following the supreme court ruling including from women who are sharing their own
law. there are many exceptions to almost every example here, but that is a general sense of the chaos in the wake of roe being struck down and where we stand at the moment. thanks to tom for breaking that all down. joining us now, prosecutor for oakland county, michigan. appreciate your time. you alongside dozens of other local prosecutors have made this public pledge to protect a woman s right to choose. but in michigan, if the governor loses her lawsuit that is challenging this anti-abortion statute from 90 years ago, can you stand by that message? i don t see that i have a choice. i m not going to prosecute physicians for providing health care and needed procedures to patients. i m not going to do that. i don t think that the governor
severe restrictions are likely to go into effect soon. trigger laws in louisiana and utah now on hold, but in these ten states, bans are already on the books. harris county, texas, seeing a temporary reprieve after restraining order issued tuesday allowed some clinics to resume abortions until the six-week mark. ohio s six-week ban was in place just hours after friday s supreme court ruling was announced. this decision returns abortion policy to the place it has always belonged, to the elected policy branches of government. the city council will vote wednesday on changes to their health plan, allowing city employees and their families to be covered for elective abortions. we ll also include other basic medical needs including birth control, in vitro fertilization if those become unavailable in ohio. california also acting quickly in the wake of roe being overturned. just signed an executive
closer. it is just a cascade. and we need to stop. it i m here for you, texas. i m going to fight for you. but from a november, because we need to get these folks out of office. one final question. a lot of texans right now feel demoralized, whether we are talking about the lack of gun restrictions, or we are seeing now with roe being on the ballot in november, or what we saw with the government when it came to the electric grid, and so many people nearly froze. what do you say to them when they are feeling disenchanted about the government? we still have a voice. at the end of the day, this is our, country this is our state. we have the right to vote. we can elect people who are going to share our values, and fight for the things that matter the most to us. one of the things i have learned in my legal career, and just living in a community in
right to intimate sexual relationships, nothing changes in relationship to marriage equality today. but we know that the opponents of equality are going to be coming for us and we are going to be ready to fight back. president biden is making the case to voters that this november roe is on the ballot, trying to motivate the base. what is your message to voters? roe is on the ballot. all of our freedom is on the ballot. i think unfortunately what we saw happen here with roe being overturned is that folks who have had a long game who have placed justices on the supreme court to achieve exactly their reaction that we re seeing here, i think it is important to say, precedent does get overruled all the time. this is not a normal overruling of precedent. this was a political strategy, which has finally paid off. a long-term political strategy. so we absolutely have to make sure that we re out there voting. we also have to vote at the