diamond at the white house. and this is cnn. closed captioning brought to you by meso book .com. we offer a free book on mesothelioma call for the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta and washington. we begin this hour with the supreme court opening a new round in the escalating legal battle over abortion. last night, the high court blocked rulings by lower chords that placed restrictions on the commonly used abortion pill, medford crestone. it has been used by millions of women over the two decades. it s been on the market the late night decision. sends the case back down to the fifth, sick it a circuit court of appeals and delivers a temporary victory to those concerned about abortion rights 10 months after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade for 49 years, legalized abortion was the law of the land in the united states. some states had restrictions on how and when abortions could happen, but f
that i would you know, what i see is that people are broadly supportive of what he s been able to accomplish, and we re going to have a very tough election ahead of us. people are going to be making a choice and the choice between democrat president biden and whoever the ultimate republican nominee will be could not be more dramatic. we ve been talking about abortion rights. that is one of the many things and i think will be a crucial thing that will cause people to decide who they want to vote for. who was going to protect, who s going to protect their rights. who s going to protect democracy? and so to me, that is going to be the issue that that will pull us all over the finish line together to elect president biden again. all right, senator tina smith. thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. thanks jim. good to be with you. all right? good to be with you and new details coming up on how trump operatives considered using breached voting data to attempt to decertify the georgi
mean, what this means is that i mean, they were not just talking about trying to get trump back in office that we re talking about other things, too, to men who we know are working directly with trump s lawyers. didn t powell, rudy giuliani and that dates back all the way to election day, and they were really focused on getting access to these voting system. these voting software data, and they wanted to use it to compile a report that they could then use try to de certify the georgia senate runoff. and these are from january. 1920 21. so after jenny very six when the u. s capitol right, have it if you take a look at what these texts say it really makes their intentions clear. there s a here s the plan. let s keep this close hold. for now. we only have until saturday to decide if we re going to use this report to try to decertify the senate runoff election or if we hold it for a bigger moment. a couple of key things to keep in mind here one. there is no evidence that voting systems wer
states where abortion is still legal will still have access to abortion medication, which, as you know, is more than half of the legal abortions that happen in this country. the supreme court did the right thing. they did the only reasonable thing. it is really incredible that these lower courts were prepared to buck president and, um and follow their ideology. in my view to overturn the authority of the fda to be deciding what medicines are safe and effective. i mean, judges are not doctors, and they should not play doctors. for now. this right is still protected only in states where abortion is still legal, but this fight will continue in the courts, and i believe it will continue in the ballot box as well as people voice their values on election days. and i know you were once an executive for planned parent . i was going to ask you. what does this mean for women can women who support abortion rights access, breathe a sigh of relief for a little while now. well i worked at planned
the scope passing a law prohibiting the use of telemedicine to administer medication abortion. midterm elections. we re going to have to make it a federal right. voters in many states reject the most extreme versions of abortion bans, and california, michigan and vermont voters enshrined the right to abortion in their state constitutions. state legislatures return to session some states move forward on more restrictive measures just this month in a first of its kind law, idaho criminalizes out of state abortions for minors without parental consent , calling it abortion trafficking. and florida governor ron desantis last week signed into law ban against most abortions after six weeks. opponents argue that s before many women know they re pregnant nearly a year since overturning roe v. wade, another major decision on abortion access from the nation s highest court, the conservative majority court protecting access to a widely use abortion drug stone by