back to 2000 government contends that this is safe and effective. many women. in fact, the majority of women who have abortions rely on medication abortion, so the supreme court warned back in 2000 when it reversed, uh, in june, when it reversed, rovi weighed that it was not outlawing abortion nationwide. if this ruling stands, the practical consequences will be to prohibit and prevent abortions in states that now make it legal so it would have a great effect administration will is appealing is most likely to ask for a stay that they have a three o clock deadline before they do that. interesting in your conversation just say, including as our let noted to members of congress have two different parties and secretary basara. let s listen to congresswoman ocasio, cortez and congressman mace who say they to them. this judge overstepped that he does that a single federal judge in texas, in their view, does not have any authority to overturn an existing government regulation. i do not believ
board of anti abortion organizations. it s pretty safe to say that restricting reproductive freedom, limiting abortion rights, it s all been the focu of his career to date. the thing is that it is hi latest ruling stands, millions of people, millions of women across the country will be impacted because more than half of al abortions are medical abortions, using this to pill regimen tha includes mifepristone. even in some key states wher abortion is legal, this ruling may mean that women may no longer go to their pharmacy to get the abortion pill. they would need to go to g directly to a provider the problem with that is tha as of now only 36 states eve have legal abortion provider and many of those are alread overwhelmed by the influx of patients coming from other states where abortion is now illegal. that all means that patients may have to wait weeks o months for an appointment. patient seeking an abortion, patients seeking consultatio with a doctor about that in short, this is all g
approval of oppressed own a drug that is used to induce abortion. but then just minutes later, in a separate case, and obama appointed judge in washington state ordered the fda to keep the drug available. so for now, the medication remains available and the case is likely headed toward the supreme court. now the biden administration calls it quote an unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms for women. and just this morning right here on cnn health and human services secretary javier becerra slammed the ruling. it is incumbent upon us as a country to make sure women have safe and effective medication available to this is not america . what you saw by that one judge in that one court in that one state that s not america. more than half of all abortions are now carried out using that medication and rather than surgery, and if the texas judge s ruling stands, it means
judge s ruling stands. now it s under appeal right now, and it s a secretive process but it does seem like based on some past rulings that these gentlemen will have to end up testifying and just so, just as you said in your intro, mark meadows was basically in touch with everybody who had anything to do with january 6th that s everyone in the white house. that s the rally organizers. that s the members of congress, that s the protesters in some cases. and so he would have really insider knowledge of exactly what was happening at every step dan skav voen know was essentially trump s right-hand man, with him all the time, in charge of the social media he knows exactly what donald trump is dictating to be tweeted out, or what those discussions are like and he never testified either before the january 6th committee. it opens up a whole new well of evidence for the grand jury that the public and investigators have never heard so, tim, you re e.f. hutton
on landlords. first amendment rights. the seattle city council passed the ordinance in 2017, it barred most landlords from asking prospective tenants about their criminal history or refusing to rent to tenants because of their record. it was intended to help those with criminal records, access housing and to protect against policies that might disproportionately harm renters of color because of disparities in the legal system. joining me now is seattle city council member lisa herbold, who was a sponsor of the original ordinance. council person. thank you for being here. this is a confusing ruling. correct me if i m wrong, because they say, well, you can ask you can ask, but you can t act on it. it seems contradictory. no. it s um it is a little bit of a conundrum because now if this ruling stands, the city is going to need to determine how we can make sure that information scene is not information used. what