going to vote to overrule lebing v. virginia. i think it s unlikely. but remember clarence thomas thinks all these decisions should be returned to the states, that these decisions about personal behavior and personal property should go to the states and let the people decide. that s what this whole opinion is all about, let the people decide. senator davis, i m wondering what you make of ross argument and how concerned you think people should be. well, first of all, i don t think anyone who believes that abortion should continue to be allowed in every state in this country is shirking from the argument that it should be protected. and there s no attempt here to try to divert attention to other rights that may be threatened. it s simply a part of what opening this right to privacy and foreclosing it in some instances will create an opportunity to argue. and i think we all have to agree
take someone else s life away to protect someone else s life. and senator davis, i wanted to ask you about the focus on the leak versus the focus on what happens if this is actually the decision. do you think that the focus on the leak is merited? clearly mitch mcconnell wants that to be the focus, but the reality here needs to be on 49 years of legislative jurisprudence that has had allowed women the rights to control our future, our destinies and our own bodies by doing that, and with all due respect to the congresswoman, every woman, every person who can give birth should have the right to make this personal decision for themselves. in no situation whether we are talking about at the rape or insist or life of the mother, and whether we are talking about the experience that i had with a
mia love, and democrat wendy davis, former senator from texas, and also jeffrey toobin, a former prosecutor, and senator davis, we heard from you on the program as the news was breaking, and what is going through your mind? today is a day of resolve, and you saw that at rallies around the country at 5:00 central time. there were rallies at federal courthouses throughout the country, and it is just the beginning of what i think is going to been a important tipping point in the 2022 election cycle, because everyone that i have talked to in this 24-hour period men and women alike is committed to making sure that we do everything we can to restore this important right, and the conversation in the election is about so much more than advancing a fed cal protection. it is also about preventing the
very much wanted pregnancy that ended in a fatal fetal abnormality or talking about someone who has three children at home and who can barely afford to make ends meet, and making the best decision she can for the children she already has or whether it is a young college woman who was not ready to be pregnant yet, and has a future planned for herself that she wants to fulfill, none of us has the right to stand in the shoes of that person and make that decision for them. that is what is happening with this law, and also with due respect in texas a couple of weeks ago a woman was arrested and indicted for choosing to terminate her pregnancy. that in spite of what congresswoman love would choose to do and that is where the states like texas are head and so many states around this country if we don t do something about it. we have the leave it there, and senator davis and
opinion, is a pretty staggering reflection of where we are when it comes to public perception in the supreme court. and, you know, jeff is right, anderson, i don t know what this how the supreme court recovers from this, both with regard to how much is going to galvanize opposition on the left and frustration on the left and hostility on the left. and just the optics and the politics of the leak and the fact this is a court that has historically kept its opinions incredibly close to the chest. and here we are weeks, months away from this final decision and we have a 98-page draft that looks like a draft opinion purporting to overrule these critical precedents. anderson, i can t recall an episode like this in the supreme court s history and not one in our lifetimes. senator davis, many conservative states have already been testing the waters and restricting access to abortion. what about states that want to