expect a very busy and heated day from the court december 1. dana: the day is tomorrow. the future of abortion rights hanging in the balance. the supreme court hears arguments tomorrow on a mississippi law banning the procedure at 15 weeks. they hope it will get rid of decades of the precedent. how is this case different from previous ones? well, we often see the court taking cases that kind of address abortion around the edges. can they have this kind of requirement for ultrasound procedure? can you outlaw abortions that discriminate based on race or sex? this case goes to the heart of roe. and casey. the most recent law says a state cannot full stop prohibit abortion before vie bi. 15 weeks is later than most european countries and far down in the process and clearly earlier than viability.
you can certainly make the argument, right, that, you know, all things being equal, wouldn t it be better to have a doctor who has admitting privileges at the local hospital? where do you draw that line exactly? well, first of all, i don t think you can make that argument, and we re seeing in federal courts those cases go on trial. and judges concluding that it is absolutely unnecessary. and in fact, i have a lot of firsthand exposure to this issue because wisconsin recently passed such a law. it was admitting privileges combined with an invasive ultrasound procedure that was required of anyone seeking abortion care. and a federal judge has put a stay on this during the pendency of a trial, but it really doesn t. in terms of the precedent for this, i mean, think about the voting rights act around which this women s health approximate act was modeled. the idea is a fundamental constitutional right at stake here, in this case, as decided
all things being equal, wouldn t it be better to have a doctor who has admitting privileges at the local hospital? where do you draw that line exactly? well, first of all, i don t think you can make that argument, and we re seeing in federal courts those cases go on trial. and judges concluding that it is absolutely unnecessary. and in fact, i have a lot of firsthand exposure to this issue because wisconsin recently passed such a law. it was admitting privileges combined with an invasive ultrasound procedure that was required of anyone seeking abortion care. and a federal judge has put a stay on this during the pendency of a trial, but it really doesn t. in terms of the precedent for this, i mean, think about the voting rights act around which this women s health approximate act was modeled. the idea is a fundamental constitutional right at stake
underperforming president obama in his home state. no better than tied with the other former governor and former senator george allen. this week four polls put cain up an average of five points. the most impressive poll was by the washington post which gave him an eight-point edge. with me now is the democratic candidate for senate for virginia tim kaine. governor, thanks so much for joining us. why do you think the republican agenda nationally and in your state, the old dominion, is bad for women. for a whole bunch of reasons. first, virginia was sort of the epicenter this year of a lot of bills that really went of a women s health care, invasive ultrasound procedure promoted by my governor and my opponent stood silent and znd condemn them. personhood legislation that would criminalize abortion and potentially criminalize fda approve birth control that george allen wants to take to the u.s. senate, and then you go to additional areas like my opponent not being in support of
eyebrows. they point to this measure that you signed, this fetal ultrasound bill in march requiring women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound before an abortion procedure. it created a lot of press. do you regret that? what was the thought process behind it. we have made a lot of progress in defending human life. we have had arguments for 40 years. listen, we had virginia join 22 other states that required ultrasound procedure as part of the informed consent process. you saw what happened on the campaign trail when we had two weeks of contraception coverage. do you think a romney campaign could handle a week of trance vaginal ultrasound coverage? what america can t handle is a war by the democrats on the taxpayers. i don t think they can handle