we ll talk about it on the other side. we are here today to defend those who can t defend themselves. this will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation. we want oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country. we want to outlaw abortion in the state of oklahoma. we re going to respect life here in kentucky and we re going to protect those who cannot speak for themselves. and i think that is a important responsibility of government. president mcgill johnson, your response to governors and a state attorney general, the words they had to say. look, politicians can t stop abortions. what they are doing is trying to criminalize the people that are seeking the care and the people who are providing it. and i think that s what we need to understand here. there are consequences to this dangerous rhetoric. we saw it just with the arrest
go into effect even as it faces legal challenges. joining me now to explain this landscape is president johnson of planned parenthood. thank you for coming on our show. we see what happens in oklahoma. talk about the states that have trigger laws that would go into effect if roe v. wade is overturned. absolutely. a state like michigan that had 1930s laws on the books. it will revert back to banning access to abortion and so while we have a number of states as
last week with herrera in oklahoma. the governor made a joke about arresting texans coming into the state for abortion care. it has an incredibly harmful chilling effect for those who are seeking access to care. and it s putting the burden on the people seeking access, the people fighting to protect and ensure that people are able to get access, you know, if they can t get it in their state, to get it out of state. so i don t know what to say other than it s incredibly harmful. there is no state in the union where banning access to abortion is popular. and we really need people to understand that they have to hold their lawmakers accountable for what they are doing and creating this harm. do you think the supreme court will, indeed, overturn roe v. wade at the end of this session? if you listen to the oral arguments, you heard a very
you mentioned from florida signing at 15-week ban to oklahoma, signing at a total abortion ban and criminalizing providers up to 10 years in prison along with $100,000 fine. we also have states like michigan where the governor is suing to ensure that we can expand access in states. so, to name the emboldenment is absolutely right. i think we need to be emboldened on all sides of this. you mentioned michigan doing one thing that helped secure abortion rights access. what other states are trying to do the same thing that michigan is doing? well, maryland, just this week, expanded access by allowing other clinicians to provide care. you know, we have new jersey just recently passed reproductive freedom act that also codified roe. and california has continued to