with. abortion is always tough. the vast majority of americans support it in some circumstances. rape and incest, for example. on the other hand, there s a majority of americans that don t support late-term abortion. what we have got to do as democrats is make sure people understand that the majority of the country does not want roe to fall. we can stop it. we can codify it or let them codify an outlawing of abortion countrywide. that s why this senate election becomes a battle over abortion. senator mccaskill, thank you. we want to bring in california democratic congresswoman jackie speer who is joining us. we appreciate your time on this critical issue. senator schumer started this process, as you know, on the bill to codify roe. it s expected to fail next week without the votes. is there anything more that can be done right now at the federal level to better protect abortion
democratic turnout was surely lower. there weren t the contested races that the republicans had. tim ryan was going to win his senate race for the democratic nomination. brown was easily defeated turner. i don t think we can have this conversation in a vacuum. i understand we are looking at the results from yesterday. it was five candidates and vance managed to get the majority. yes, trump had an impact. the majority of ohioans, as is true of pretty much around the country, support a woman s right to a safe and legal abortion. in light of what has happened with the leak of the supreme court brief by justice alito and what looks to be a certainty at this point, if not overturing roe v. wade it s going to change what we talk about in the
so i don t know what or how the other justices have weighed in. if finalized you can only give this a matter of weeks before we will have the final answer, kim, to you, there s something that those senators, collins and murkowski could do about it. there s something they can do. they can end the filibuster. they could pass legislation that protects access to abortion. for women in america. they can be clear about what their own responsibility and their own accountability is in their jobs. and say, if they believe they were lied to, say that immediately and express skepticism, as michael said, when necessary. joyce, a pleasure to see you. kim, always nice to have you with us. michael, i appreciate your time and expertise. next up for our listeners, the road from hell. hundreds of women and children trapped for weeks in mariupol
in. this particular draft opinion is diabolical. when you read it and recognize the words justice alito uses, he wants to take us back in time. we have to remember that 59% of the women who actually access abortions already are mothers. i was one of those mothers. this is important for all of us to recognize that it is really taking control of women s bodies by giving the government the control over our bodies. congresswoman, you raised it, so i want to ask you about it. you shared your personal story more than a decade ago in 2011, having an abortion after complications with your own pregnancy. at this moment, can you reflect on the impact that this decision will have on women? peter, i get emotional when i think about what s not going to be there for women in this
country. something that i had the luxury of in 2011. something that isn t going to be there. it s a painful process. it s not something that is done with any joy. it s really a very personal and difficult decision that a woman makes. she has the right to make that decision. she has a right to access abortion. it s important that we not take it away. as many women have said, it s not that they will not continue with abortions, they will just no longer have them safely for 100 million women in this country. it s also important to point out that there s about 30 million women in this country during the reproductive years that will lose access. that s an extraordinary number. that means states like california, where i am, are going to have to open their