millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi
Hodges, back to a time before griswald v connecticut, but we re not going back. we are not going back. the president of the naacp legal defense and education fund also offered this thought, quote, the leaked opinion suggests scotus has abandoned all respect for precedent and a woman s right to choose. if this is true, we can only imagine what s next and what this will mean for respect for the court itself going forward. joining us now is president and director counselor of the naacp legal defense and education fund. ms. nelson, thank you for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time. and you re an expert to whom we often turn as a non-lawyer, i was confused by the fact that justice alito says the supreme
We say, how dare they. how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body. you know, some republican leaders they want to take us back to a time before roe v. wade, back to a time before o berg feld v hodges, back to a time before griswald v. connecticut, but we re not going back. we are not going back. republicans have been much more focussed on the leak than the potential decision. the strategies actually part of a memo of talking points from the senate republican s campaign arm, to be, quote, compassionate on abortion policy. a sample statement reads in part, this is a draft opinion, so we will wait to see what the final decision of the supreme court is in the coming months. the leak of the document is troubling and is indicative of
Connecticut s legislature passed a law that the governor says he will sign to make the state a, quote, safe haven for patients who need to travel from states withel abortion bans in order t access abortion care. and today, the governor of new york statehe said her state wil welcome anyone who needs care, quote, with open arms, end quote. but even if some states move to protect abortion rights in the face of this looming supreme court decision, other states are pushing ahead with more restrictions, even just today, a grinning oklahoma republican governor kevin stits signed into law ats new anti-abortion measu even though he already signed a near total abortion ban last month. i guess now that the supreme court looksi poised to let any and all abortion bans stand, why not stack them up? so there are questions tonight about what will happen in congress, what i will happen in the states and what will happen, of course, at the supreme court