the biden administration vowing to take action to ensure access. the battle of reproductive rights, not only being ordered in court, it s also happening still at the ballot box. in the 2022 midterms, we saw how reproductive freedom motivated americans to vote. states with abortion measures saw huge victories in favor of access. and this year, voters in ohio are aiming to guarantee access to abortion. with me, now lori roberts who serves as the executive committee for ohioans reproductive freedom coalition, one of the freedoms that submitted the ballot. she s also the vice president of the planned parenthood advocate in ohio. lauren, let s talk first about what is happening in your state, in ohio. republican leaders push for a near total abortion ban, and blocked by a judge. and now voters are gonna have a chance to ensure abortion
concerned that this guy has too much baggage to actually win in a general election. so it opens up a greater and greater window for folks like ron desantis and other people to make the case. is there is an indictment, i think it becomes even more true. so he s gotta be worried about that and i think that what we are going to see if this continues the way we think it will, and it s very suggested, we will see that window open up the window of opportunity opened up more and more and he s standing in those republican polls will fall. i think actually becoming trump ear so that they can say, look, you can have everything you like about this guy without the legal baggage. harry, secretary castro, thank you both. next, tucker carlson says that mccarthy gave him exclusive access to capital footage from january 6th. what could possibly go wrong? and reproductive decisions. republicans have clearly missed the memo.
pennsylvania and in ohio. so the idea that we re not engaged is simply not there. i m keeping very close tabs on them. we re doing all we can. the president also saying at this time he has no plans to visit east palestine. this as already more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed against nor folks southern railroad. the railroad cases it cannot comment on litigation, and promises to do right by this community. back to you. nbc s jessi kerch reporting from ohio. in other news, we are waiting for a ruling from a conservative judge in texas that can make access to a pivotal abortion pill nearly impossible nationwide. the medication has been on the market for more than 20 years used for more than half of the abortions in the u.s.. in anticipation of the ruling from a trump appointed judge, 12 democratic led states filed a lawsuit seeking to expand access to the medication. white house has warned the decision on this case could be unprecedented and devastating to women s health.
decision, and ultimately, ohioans, like americans across the country in 2022 will decide that it is their fundamental right to decide and not lawmakers. lawmakers should not make this decision, it is personal, it is medical, and it is a human right. let me stay there, because you have a new national profiling that 64% of americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. the poll also finds that the majority of americans in 43 states and washington d.c. say abortion should be legal. i mean, you look at those numbers, eventually there has to be, we saw that in the midterms. but you also are going to see a forward blow back to that from voters, i guess, republicans. certainly. when voters are able to make the decision for themselves about abortion access and reproductive freedom, they decided to protect their bodily autonomy and they will protect abortion access in ohio. all right, lauren brabant,
united states. they don t want to lose access to those markets. and yet, they feel some pressure from the russians to help them out. so far, they have not provided the weapons. you are reporting that there is consideration by the chinese to giving artillery shells. that would be a mistake for the chinese, in my view, and they ve heard this from a lot of people. they are saying that, if you do that, if you violate the sanctions, you will pay the price. so what is their off-ramp, here? so the chinese have proposed a 12 point peace plan, they say. it is not particularly serious, however, it does have as its first point from what i just mentioned that is all nations should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their neighbors. it also says that nuclear weapons should never be used, and they shouldn t even be