you thank you for that great reporting. pro that propublica kind o stuff. thank you for joining us tonight, alex s office evening she will be back nex week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortio
tonight, alex is off and she will be back and joining us next week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortion organizations and doctors argue to the u.s district judge, matthew ka merrick, that the f
they took out rape and incest. eventually, into passing thi ridiculous law that basicall says that if you perform a abortion to save it, someone s life you can use that as a offensive court. no one is going to want to treat a woman in crisis unde the circumstances. but that the regime that we re in and if that s not antiabortion activists intended, they hav trifectas in many of the states there s nothing to stop them from amending the, loss but they don t want to do that michelle, it s an important call thank you for being with us. michelle goldberg. we appreciate your time. lots more to get to.
supreme court election thi tuesday. liberal a line judge, janet trounced her more conservative opponent in our race of open seat on the states highest court. for to save its has been - abortion writes her defeated implemen expressed his opposition t abortion he lost by 11 points as michelle colbert wright cit piece for the new york times titled, the abortion ban backlash is starting to freak out republicans. the, quote you cannot messag away forest birth. republicans political proble is twofold their supporters take th parties position on abortion seriously. and now, post, rosseau it is everybody else and. quote joining us now is ne york times columnist, michelle goldberg, michelle, great to see you. thank you for being with us. let s first talk about what happened in amarillo, texas, the federal judge, judge kaz merrick ruling - political in the way that it
redistricting of the state house, state senate maps they also had a conversation about some of the ongoin issues that representative have faced, its side of th state legislature. we talked about a litany o issues the redistricting matter is an interesting one you have some real representation issues in tennessee, which result in the kind of legislature that you have right now tell me about what this cases, how can make a difference fo this type of movement, thi type of grounds wall of people who want their elected representative to do their bidding, to fulfill their well after republicans gerrymandered the maps i tennessee, we vowed to challenge them in state courts we felt they d be illegal. rightfully so, they were illegal. we had a successful beginnin stage of that litigation, with the state senate maps were struck down, say it appealed t the state supreme court, for