[wendy davis] you know what i do have. i have a memorabilia book of the filibuster. and i think it might be one of those up there. i just treasure it, and of course i ll be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. we put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, supreme court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. and we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. but here we are still without access to safe abortion care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] - hello, everyone! [audience cheering] i m so happy to be here in community with you today. boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right? - yes. [audience cheering] - on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this figh
their nuewspapers tomorrow reflect the shift. it reads roe overturned. the subway said what the u.s. supreme court abortion decision means for ohio. the miami herald in mal, the end of roe v. wade means anger, fear, and praise for a land mark ruling. already the ruling has had a huge impact. more than a quarter of states have so-called trigger laws that ban abortion. those in arkansas, kentucky missouri, oklahoma, alabama, sol south dakota banned abortion. idaho, tennessee, north dakota ban after 30 days. texas is expected to ban sometime after that. and then there are 12 other states, we ll show you those shade in the purple on a, on a map that says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on some combination. laws previously on becomes or political trends in the states. that s just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow? and months and years from this moment. that we don t know. many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the d
states we are going to show you them shaded in purple on a map that the pro-choice gutmacher institute says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on currently in books or transient states but that is just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow and months and years from this moment? that, we don t know. in fact, many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the decision could provide legal justification to overturn other rights, secured by supreme court precedent. including those covering contraception and same-sex marriage. and they have reason to be concerned after justice clarence thomas suggesting doing just that today as well. this is what justice thomas wrote in a concurring opinion, quote, for that reason? future case, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedence, including griswold lawrence, and obergefell. he continues because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a
During the election of 1888, Nellie Bly spent a week interviewing the wives of the various candidates, then followed up by embarking on interviewing all the living former first ladies. This must have been well received, for here she is immediately following the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison, interviewing the