Live Breaking News & Updates on Abortion Rights Opponents|Page 8
Stay updated with breaking news from Abortion rights opponents. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
During his tenure. and he filled them with abortion rights opponents. that was one of the major issues or should have been in the campaign and now we re seeing the consequences. and believe me, this is just the beginning. texas will be a model for the rest of the country. the red states that want to ban abortion and they are already starting to do it. so we are heading to a system where there will be abortion illegal in major tparts of the country, not the whole country, because many blue states will keep the right, but we are heading very quickly to a system where abortion will be illegal in a third or more of the country. jeffrey and joan, thank you both very much. we ll be waiting to see what president biden has to say but he has not weighed in but yesterday he said this texas ban he believed violated constitutional rights. i do want to get back to the ....
Affirmation, not saying we re ready to undercoat roe v. wade without hearing arguments, but that s how this is playing out. it has an incredible chilling effect in these clinics across texas. it s also the kind of thing that has gotten the attention of abortion rights opponents and advocates across the country saying, well, maybe we should do something like this. this is our path. exactly. joan biskupic, i know you re going to continue to follow this momentous day. thanks so much. let s discuss with the ceo and president of planned parenthood of america, alexis mcgill johnson. thanks for joining us. thank you for having me. first, with this law in effect in texas, quite a diverse state, what will this mean for women seeking abortions in texas? where will they go now? first of all, my heart is exactly with the patients and the providers in texas right ....
i would agree when i use the word black all of a sudden it comes people a reason to say he s trying to make some racial comment. i was not. i was trying to talk about a historical fact of how the constitution was interpreted and how it s interpreted today. reporter: he s not backing down there. and there is wide speculation that santorum will run for president. he has already set up a political action committee, across the country, and he s hiring staff members in new hampshire which, as you know guys, is a very key primary state. jim, this is actually, a lot of might might be shocked by the comments, it s not the first time we ve heard abortion rights opponents link the civil rights issue. that s right. to abortion rights. it s not the first necessarily, but how could this affect him down the road? you know, you re absolutely right, t.j. he may have not put this in the most artful fashion, but this is something you hear about in the pro life movement, anti-abortion right ....