procedure. get this, not states have abortion bans have already gone into effect. and that represents 7.2 million women of reproductive age who just saw their autonomy erased, yesterday on friday. if you had taxes, which is we already operating under a total ban, that makes another 7 million. that is 14 million fellow american woman, who have been deemed by the supreme court that s they aren t equal citizens anymore. who their autonomy and their decisions about their future have been erased. altogether, 26 states are likely to ban abortion care in the coming days and months. according to the guttmacher institute, with just a research and policy organization that advocates reproductive rights. this court decision sets us back 50 years, and americans across the country are moving forward in protest. demonstrations began just hours after the supreme court decision dropped, and they are expected to continue today. nbc s jessi hart is tracking those developments for us, from manha
he wanted to ban abortion care across the country, believe that, one of the stakes right now going into the november election? i ask you because the president on friday, he made his announcement. he said that the only way to upturn this decision was to codify roe v. wade across the land, to guarantee abortion access. however, there is skepticism that actually can happen simply by voting. well, i want to be clear that abortion access is on the ballot as every single level. of this election. mcconnell and mccarthy have been clear that if they have the chance, they will pass a nationwide ban. i take that very seriously, i think that is their plan. they are saying it out loud and they re trying to build support to do it. and for sure, this president could veto it.
will have fewer health choices when she reaches the age of reproduction. that is a terrifying place for women, girls to be in america. and what you are describing does not sound like the modern america. now, we are going backwards, as the president mentioned on friday, talking about this. i think oftentimes, one of the most dangerous parts is we see that seems to be legislating religious beliefs on how they feel. something i often say, as a strong catholic, i look at what happens in south america, where in columbia, mexico, they are large catholic populations, but they past abortion less than 18 months ago. we do seem to be going backwards. i want to bring sapphire into the conversation. it seems, or the secretary is saying, is it is not just banned in certain states, possibly it could be banned in every state. and kansas seems to be at the forefront of where we are seeing this. we see a constitutional
supreme court the treatment that the states constitution protected the rights to an abortion. that ruling is one of the few protections keeping abortion legal in kansas. where republicans have a supermajority in the state legislator. but that could all change. republicans have proposed an amendment to specifically state that nothing in its constitution applies to the protection of abortion rights. that amendment is now on the ballot for residents to vote on during the states primary in august. if it passes, you have dire consequences for the entire midwest. or access to abortion will soon become very limited. after the break, i will speak with kathleen civilly as, a former governor of kansas, and former health and human services secretary under president barack obama. and sapphire garcia lease, founder of the birth justice society, about this high stakes fight for abortions rights. we will be right back, do not switch the channel. ghts ghts we will be right back, do no
unable to guard of state for abortion. or the person with the end topic of pregnancy whose life would be in danger, unless it gets immediate attention. those are the woman who will be in danger because of these 26 states. that will ban abortion. it is a devastating blow to personal freedom. it is not the will of the people. 70% of americans support abortion access. these justices went against the will of the people. congresswoman, one of the things that we are learning now is that susan collins, your colleague, is surprised and shocked that cabinet did not speak to her straight. that he basically lied. we saw footage after footage of people that were trying to fill in that bench, and now four of them who all said that they would not touch roe v. wade wade. where s susan collins now, and