poised to overturn row. v. wade. that finds more than half the states could ultimately ban abortions. take a look at this the states in red are concern e certain, some could do so due to trigger laws of roe being overturned. other states have passed legislation that bans or puts extreme limits, like texas and most recently oklahoma. in fact, oklahoma near total ban for anyone from performing the procedure at any point. it does not have exceptions for rape or incest. they say banning abortions does not reduce their occurrence. they find the abortion rates are similar in countries where the procedure is restricted and in countries where it is legal. so, in fact, the institute says research shows the rage of abortions has declined since it was legalized in 1973 here in
i was in new jersey today with governor murphy. their state legislator leadership talking about how important it is to pass the reproductive freedom act. we know that in many states, we will have to, given what s happening right now, really push the boundaries to make sure we are expanding as much access as we can knowing there are states set to have these trigger laws click with roe being overturned potentially. there s a lot of work that has to happen. this is going to be a state by state fight to make sure that we are focusing on constitutional amendments, making sure that we are working as much as we can with our congressional partners as well to identify where there can be federal protections. i think that our attorneys general are going to play an important role as the chief enforcers in each state to make
possibility, that enough could be it. it s not like you have to pick some like subcategory. yeah, the question i hear a lot is do democrats try and turn back the clock and win a higher share of working class whites or do they try and revert to turning out more african-americans and young people who didn t show up in 2016? i think the answer is it has to be a little bit of both. and in order to do that, i think democrats can use a few issues in particular to drive wedges into the trump coalition. i think background checks and abortion rights in particular are issues that divide elements of trump s base particularly in those midwestern states. i think you re right on both of those, and i think particularly in the wake of the specter of roe being overturned. yeah wu, it s interesting because we hear so much about issues that have come forward in the democratic primary, for instance, decriminalizing unauthorized entry or medicare for all. and there s some polling that decriminalizing u
among every group, which is possibility, that enough could be it. it s not like you have to pick some like subcategory. yeah, the question i hear a lot is do democrats try and turn back the clock and win a higher share of working class whites or do they try and revert to turning out more african-americans and young people who didn t show up in 2016? i think the answer is it has to be a little bit of both. and in order to do that, i think democrats can use a few issues in particular to drive wedges into the trump coalition. i think background checks and abortion rights in particular are issues that divide elements of trump s base particularly in those midwestern states. i think you re right on both of those, and i think particularly in the wake of the specter of roe being overturned. yeah wu, it s interesting because we hear so much about issues that have come forward in the democratic primary, for instance, decriminalizing unauthorized entry or medicare for all.
place a lot longer. that s true. if the case goes through and petition the supreme court and the supreme court denies review, that s the end of the road for it. the supreme court s precedence stays in play that says there cannot be bans before viability, which is considered to be 23 to 24 weeks. so these bills are never going to pass that muster at this point. katie cherkasky, thank you. two more parents in the college admissions scandal pleading guilty. one of them a prominent lawyer from greenwich, connecticut. he paid $75,000 to have somebody correct his daughter s act exam. another, a napa valley wine maker. he dropped tens of thousands to have sat administrators correct his daughters test.