the growing list of states are abortions are no longer legal. and new threats of prison and fines for providers. plus, the court s next move. could other rights be at risk? the landmark rulings now called into question after one justice s comments about birth control and same-sex marriage. the nation s new groundbreaking gun law. today, president biden signed a bipartisan gun safety bill, making this vow. lives will be saved. but will it help stop yet another mass shooting a chance to change history. the new efforts under way to shift a decades-old policy about who can and cannot donate blood. and mowing with a mission. how a simple good deed has helped unite new neighbors. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. tonight, abortion rights are changing by the hour across our country following yesterday s landmark 5-4 supreme court ruling to overturn roe vs. wade take a look at this. these states in red are where abortion is no
decided for an entire country that their christian doctrine is the only way. let me reiterate this. a woman s right to choose as a human right. a person s ability in choice to bring life into this world is their choice. in america, where guns are the leading cause for death, an ar-15 has more rights than a woman. does now, the supreme court wants to mandate birth in a country where 17 million children are hungry, and more than 420,000 children or in the first care system. none of this should be a surprise. why? we warned you. every time we told you to vote. this is a decade old republican promise, when barack leblanc was blocked from putting a one gorsuch, kavanaugh, and they handmade in, were nominated and confirmed, we tried to tell you. now, here we are. joining me now is erin haines, msnbc political contributor, editor at large for the 19th. michelle cullen, she is a cofounder and consecutive director of she wrote mississippi. and amy miller, she s the president and ceo
dropping testimony of officials talking about donald trump s will be talking to maxine i m s simon sanders and i have something to say. today millions of american women woke up with fewer freedoms than they had before. in the 30 allison s the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and took away our bodily autonomy, abortions are now banned in nine states with other soon to follow. oh no, at least half the country is expected to ban or severely limit abortion access. i wish i could say something to consult y all. i wish i could tell you that it s not as bad as you think. but i can only tell you the truth. the truth is, it s about to get worse, way worse. if you re watching this from a blue state, i m doing the show from california today, don t think you re safe, either. not only with these bands strain abortion resources nationwide, but republicans are considering a nationwide abortion ban in the very possible scenario that they retake congress next year. listen to wet nancy
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that s with 52% of americans call the supreme court s reversal of roe v. wade and the new cbs poll released just this morning. 56% of women say will make their lives worse. americans voiced that opposition as protests continued across the country today. protesters demanding the federal government step up and act. congressional democrats constrained by slim majorities and the filibuster seem to be passing the buck over to the president. on saturday, 34 senate democrats signed urging president biden invited to take immediately bold action and, quote, use the full force of the federal government to protect abortion rights. more on that in just a moment. now to state the obvious, this decision was not exactly a surprise. back in may, political obtained leaked draft of the courts opinion signaling the very outcome. not much changed from a draft to june s majority opinion. but the decision did offer us a first look at the other side of the dissent. in a scathing rebuke, the courts