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several blue states as well as quote we just talked about looking to stockpile mifepristone along wit misoprostol, which i essentially the second pil that you take along with mifepristone for the medical abortions. what are groups like yours doing to prepare for the possibility in which mifepristone is taken off th mark it in six weeks time, possibly we ve been working with ou allies on the ground, states like michigan, california, great governor partnership there to expand access t medication and surgica abortions in the meantime. we know that there are als governors who are stockpiling, that s another valid option to try to protect their constituents we also know that it s not going to be enough we need broader reform specifically court reform. we ve got this court that is siding with laws from the 1800 from the 1930s, rather than th people living right in front o them, and it s going to be har
important to remember fo everyone tracking this case is that we cannot, as a movement, as a country as people who car about one another, continue to live court order to cour order. the reporter just mentioned, may 17th it s like sort of i the reproductive right movement for providers, fo patients, that every few weeks we have this looming decisio that s going to tell us once again, are we allowed to patro are only not bodies or not and we know that the vas majority of americans, eight i ten, believe in the right to choose and access abortion care we know that even 51% of republicans agree with us. so not only is the court in th republican party out of step with the vast majority of, american s they re out of step with the people who put them i office so we talk about what we, know the question is what ca actually be done states are continuing to wan to enact restrictions in their state, specifically you ve got
general electorate cared about this issue more than perhaps others tha democrats have a hard time messaging on, like crime, like inflation. some of those things tha republicans tend to capitalize on but, still in senate majorit leader, schumer, he is warning saying this temporary stay b the supreme court is not the end of the road for this fight to keep this abortio medication, to keep access t this abortion medication ready and available for all women. take a listen to what he sai this morning this decision was a temporary victory. this is hardly the end of ou fight. to protect a woman s healt care and a woman s right t choose, make no mistake about. it the hard right antichoice maga wing in this country will keep working and working and working to take away all women s rights but we will fight it and fight it and fight it. to state the, obvious democrats know the numbers jus aren t there to pass any meaningful legislation t
everybody. we have been talking about the supreme court allowing acces to the abortion, pil mifepristone, for now. that case before three judge panel on the fifth circuit court of appeal. pretty conservative court, b the way. and i want to turn the collectible the nation s top lawmakers are reacting to it all and bases, julia tsirkin is following it this for u from the hill. what are you hearing well, just a couple minutes ago, yasmin, we heard from the nrsc chair, the person i charge of the senate political arm for republican, steve, daines who tweeted saying this decision by scotus is, quote, setback in the fight for lif which is significant because i was prepared to say we haven t heard much from top republicans, including from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and ove in the, house speaker kevi mccarthy but democrats on the flip side they know how important it i to stay in front on this issue and his state loud on this issue. because they saw what happened with the 2022 midt