on social media. conservative critics said it was a gross miscalculation of their views. no one wanted to lock women up for having an abortion however, this week, we saw exactly that plant in south carolina, where 33-year-old woman was arrested and charged with performing or soliciting on abortion after allegedly taking abortion pills to end her pregnancy back in 2021. well abortion is legal in south carolina up until 20 weeks, it s one of only three states that explicitly criminalizes self managed abortion. republicans in the state house want to take things even farther. dozens of state lawmakers have now sponsored a bill that can make abortion a death penalty ideological offense. yes, a death penalty eligible offense. that ad you just saw? doesn t seem so far off now, does it? congressman eric swalwell of california joins me now. congressman, thanks for coming back on the show. let s start by talking messaging. do you believe your party, the democratic party has a mesh surging pr
in its lawsuit against the state of idaho owed idaho though the statesman was allowed to go into effect. that wouldn t as a pulled airline s guidelines to medical professionals that federal law requires them to provide an abortion if necessary in lifesaving emergency situations, even in states where abortion is banned. confusingly, another judge ruled against the biden administration in a similar lawsuit in texas, and that s a sign that the fight for abortion rights is far from over. joining me now is nancy northup, president and ceo of center for reproductive rights, i know organization that is filed lawsuits in multiple states on behalf of abortion providers, including the one that successfully blocked north dakota is a war sham ban from taking effect this week. nancy, thank you for joining, us it s good to see you on this topic. so, we are we? obviously, empirically, we are worse off than we were the day roe v. wade fell. but is there a sentimental change is their political chan
oklahoma and up to life in prison in texas. abortion is now completely banned, with varying exceptions, and unclear exceptions, in 11 states. in a 12 state, wisconsin, the law is so unclear that abortion providers have deemed it too risky to continue their work. additionally, georgia and ohio ban abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy, and that s before many women know they are pregnant. while florida has a 15-week ban in effect, as things stand, approximately one third of women of reproductive age in america no longer have access to a single abortion provider in their state. even more states are expected to enact bands in the near future. indiana, for example, has already passed a new abortion ban that will take effect next month. but amid this turmoil, they have been some glimmers of hope for supporters of abortion rights. this week, a judge issued a preliminary injunction, that temporarily blocked north dakota s abortion ban. meanwhile, another judge sided with the department o
this sub isn t slowing down time any time soon. i ll give it a run for its money. my money s on the sub. it s subway s biggest refresh yet. this past wednesday marked two months since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, a decision that dramatically transform the landscape of abortion access in america, literally overnight. on thursday, several new laws took effect in a few states, for the restricting abortion access for millions of people across much of the south and midwest. abortion is now completely outlawed with few exceptions, in idaho and tennessee, after trigger bands officially took effect two days ago. well abortion has been banned in oklahoma and texas for much of the past two months, both states began enforcing new laws this week that now make it a felony to perform an abortion. providers could be fined up to $100,000 in both states and face up to ten years in jail in
four years it was able to be kicked around as a political football. you could talk about banning abortion with no real consequences. it was not going to happen because constitutional protections were there. now people are seeing what it really means to ban abortion. they are seeing that it means that 15% of pregnancies and up in a miscarriage. some of those and up with people going to the emergency room. they are being denied care. doctors have to worry about the fact that they will be criminally prosecuted up to 99 years in the state of texas, if they make a wrong call about treating a pregnancy emergency. they are realizing what it means to have to travel hundreds and hundreds of miles to get abortion access in a state other than your own. i think the reality of this has set in. we have always seen, even back when roe was in place, row