In 2013, Sen. Wendy Davis of Texas filibusters in defense of Texas women s access to reproductive health care, reading testimony from Texas women in defense of.
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. i have a memorabilia book of the filibuster. and i think it might be one of those up there. i just treasure it, and of course i ll be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. we put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, supreme court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. and we prepared to begin that day with all of that data.
We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, supreme court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. and we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. but here we are still without access to safe abortion care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music]
Opinion, and then alito says, this is just about abortion. it s just about abortion. to which, thomas, and his concurrence, actually not. and the reasoning of the major, of the majority leads want to doubt if it will end at abortions. so what are we seeing? we are seeing challenges to the right to privacy, under the griswold decision. it was birth control for married people. we will see challenges to same-sex marriage, because this is a court that believes that the constitution is beginning, and ending, in the 18th century. the thing is not included in that, the issues not included, the people we, constituency s, women, blacks, that were not there, are not considered. i can only deal with women s rights at the moment, and it is extraordinary to me. women s rights were not enumerated in the constitution,
Those elections. what do you think might be our future if there are no core reforms? what do you anticipate is one of the issues that finds its way in front of the supreme court next? what you have, essentially, and with conservative lawyers, what cases to bring next? take the dobbs case, the case of a return roe v. wade. there was the majority opinion, and that was alito s decision opinion, and then alito says, this is just about abortion. it s just about abortion. to which, thomas, and his concerns is actually not. the reasoning of the majority, and lead someone to doubt if it would end at abortion. what is it? they re seeing challenges to the right to privacy, under the griswold decision. it was birth control for married people. we will see challenges to