indications of the decision. with admirable clarity and honesty, this is where the law is going because this is where the logical conclusion of where today s decision sends us. senator, you hear now from the president and others, well, this has to be rectified in the voting booth. when you look at the list of priorities that people vote on, abortion is not at the top of the list. the economy is obviously at the top. list. the same thing for gun safety, gun control. it s not at the top of the list. while people may, there are many people protesting in the streets. do you think this ruling will change that? i do, anderson. and here s why. you know, until a right is taken away, and let s face it. it is the first time in our country s history that something like the has happened. that a constitutional protection was stripped away.
they can get one. they re trying to eliminate barriers when it comes to the abortion medication that people get. they re taking steps like that. nothing that will significantly change or move the needle hear. so the white house really is looking to congress. and you heard president biden today urging voters to get out and elect more pro-choice lawmakers so they could codify roe v. wade into law. as you know, the president was looking ahead to november. conventional wisdom has said that democrats are expected to lose seats right now. not gain them. appreciate the perspective. jeffrey tubin and wendy davis, senator davis, the country suspected this ruling was coming. you did based on the leaked draft, still seeing it officially handed down. what goes through your mind? you know, this morning when the decision came out, anderson. my reaction to it was, as a mother and a grandmother of two
pushing the court for decades. they ve been frustrated and now they have won an absolutely total victory. senator davis, justice alito in leaked opinion said this wouldn t necessarily relate to other rights that have been recognized over the last few decades. justice thomas certainly went right to the heart of that today. he did. i ll give him credit for being transparent. we all know that is where this is headed. and i think we need to be very thoughtful about how proactive we can be in both red and blue states to protect some of those rights at the state level, understanding that is what is coming down the i mpipeline. ivf treatments, to gay marriage. if we are talking about liberty and privacy rights that have
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so, i don t buy that argument at all, anderson. this decision is taking away a right that our nation has relied on for almost 50 years, and it sets up the loss of additional ri rights, especially with this originalist bent that this court has and this idea that the constitution should only be interpreted based on the time when it was written or at the time it was written. so, that means we re going to go back to the late 18th century for our nation? thanks for being with us. i m joined by wendy davis, jeffrey toobin, former federal prosecutor. senator davis, do you think there is a real threat to other rights grounded in privacy? i absolutely do, and i agree 100% with what he said. these rights absolutely are under threat. and let s just talk about