states we are going to show you them shaded in purple on a map that the pro-choice gutmacher institute says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on currently in books or transient states but that is just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow and months and years from this moment? that, we don t know. in fact, many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the decision could provide legal justification to overturn other rights, secured by supreme court precedent. including those covering contraception and same-sex marriage. and they have reason to be concerned after justice clarence thomas suggesting doing just that today as well. this is what justice thomas wrote in a concurring opinion, quote, for that reason? future case, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedence, including griswold lawrence, and obergefell. he continues because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a
legal in new york. as they brace for an influngs of out of state patients. today es ruling is not the only one that impacts new york in a big way. yesterday, supreme court struck down new york s handgun law. the law placed restrictions on care are iing a concealed gun outside the home. it is the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade. joining me now, governor of new york kathy hochul. first of all, on abortion, you first of all weren t obviously surprised by this ruling. what does it mean for the people in new york? i am the first om governor in the state of new york. we had abortion legal in our state since 1970 so this is deeply personal to all of us as the keepers of the flame. you know, we we support this right. we cherish this right and we feel for our sisters across this country, who no longer have access to control over their own bodies. in fact, approbe subject to government-mandated pregnancies. here in new york we took action already.
a highly effective and safe vaccine. we know what public health mitigations work. we have just got to hang in there. we can t give up. we re at a war. reporter: there are two key ones that have seen a 40% increase over the last month. that s the daily average now about 120,000 and hospitalizations are lightly up. that s what s speaking to the other big concern here for health facilities across the country of doctors and nurses and other hospital staff that are at a point where they are beginning to see that influngs influx of covid patients. they do say there s a sense of gravity they were experiencing a year ago without the vaccine and that s why a lot of people aren t necessarily worried. they just wapnt to make sure thy