menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
answer so, let s get started. we re hearing from the manhattan district attorne himself, regarding the possibl criminal charges for forme president donald trump how soon will we see i indictment more importantly, let s surviv a trump challenged in court? former vice president, mik pence, speaking out against hi former boss. i want to know, what is causin pence to suddenly develop spine about the events o january 6th? and later, it is oscars day, a the excitement builds, i wil talk to the screenwriter for a turning red, which has bee nominated for an oscar for bes animated feature film. all of that and more is coming up and a good sunday morning to all. i hope we remember to like you clocks ahead one hour fo daylight savings we re gonna start today s show with a widening rift between former president donald trum and his vice president in a speech last night, mike pence harshly criticize trump role in the january 6t insurrection, as well as trump s attempts to overturn that 20
Abortion is the complete and total abolition of it. so the dobbs opinion is merely an s the sizing us to th prospect of the slow and incremental removal of all abortion accessibility in that eight states we are seeing that movin quickly to its outcome we saw the is last week when there was that case filed in texas about the wrongful death for termination of pregnancy again, the idea that onl persons get to have long ful death suits. again, acquitting the fetu with a person. and now a black and white in the pages of the united states federal supplement reporter, that this judge is telling u where this is going. this is moving toward feta personhood it is the only place it can go unless there is a response fro the people melissa you, talk about wha is happening in texas and in washington state you talk about what is happening and idaho. you talk about what is happening in at tennessee in the effect of gerrymandering which you have often flagged for us in the theoretica context that you
Although the state s abortio ban allows exceptions when there is risk of substantial harm to the mother, the threat of possible imprisonment has scared many doctors. miller was advised that to sav herself and the healthy fetu she should seek an abortion ou of state that s exactly what she did, traveling 800 miles to colorado miller and four other women in texas have filed a unprecedented lawsuit aiming t hold the state accountable for her horrific healt consequences after they were denied, quote, necessary and potential lifesaving abortions lauren miller joins me now thi morning. she s here along with moll dwyane, lead attorney on the case and senior staff attorney at the center for reproductive rights lawrence, molly, thank you s much for joining me this morning. i want to start with you lauren you said, how is it that i can get an abortion for a dog bu not for me having to leave your home in texas with your husband for th procedure was, quote, almost