worst crimes that you can think of. and child predator is just about the worst thing that you could call anyone. and yet, republicans have managed to weaponize child sexual abuse in recent weeks and turn it into a cheap political attack line. i want to begin tonight with how exactly we got here, why we find ourselves at this absurd juncture, and what could possibly come of it. think of how judge ketanji brown jackson was treated by top republicans on the judiciary committee at her supreme court hearings, with the republicans even now still claiming that the democrats are putting a child abuse enabler on the nation s highest court. and anyone who says otherwise, well, they hate children. have been told things like, child pornography is actually all a conspiracy. it s not real, it s just a conspiracy. it s made up. let me just say for the record, sex crimes against children are not fiction. do you believe child predators are misunderstood? senator, i don t have a context
freedoms. the 26-year-old said to no longer face a murder charge after deputies arrested her for a, quote, self-induced abortion. according to new nbc news reporting, a texas distribute attorney will take steps tomorrow to drop the murder indictment against liz elle herrera, who was arrested thursday after hospital staff reported her to authorities. after reviewing the case, the d.a. says it is clear she cannot be prosecuted under texas law. nonetheless, herrera spent two days in jail during a pandemic. we believe this is one of the first cases of texas criminally charging a woman for an abortion since the state passed a six-week abortion ban that limited access to abortion pills last year. and texas is just one wave in what is becoming a nationwide tsunami of gop efforts to roll back reproductive rights. not to mention this summer, when the supreme court is set to decide on the constitutionality of mississippi s new law challenging roe v. wade, banning abortions at 15 weeks
International criminal court. i am very excited to have you continue that conversation with your big guest tonight. yeah, we ve got the ambassador for global criminal justice. i do want to talk to her about the icc. and i want to talk about war crimes from our allies, not just from our enemies. lotsalicia, thanks so much. have a great rest of your night. you too. tonight on the mehdi hasan show. the disgusting new pedophile slur that republicans are using against everyone that doesn t agree with them. plus, we ll look at accusations of russian war crimes with the state department s ambassador at large for global criminal justice. and meet the trump-appointed federal judge that is strangely going soft on 1/6 insurrectionists. funny, that. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. it s estimated that 80,000 children could be the victims of sexual abuse in the united states every year. it is indisputably one of the