hey everyone welcome back i m yasmin vossoughian, happy mother s day to all the moms out there, if you re just joining us welcome if you re still with us thank you for sticking around, good to see you. as abortion right process are raging across the wake of the leak supreme court panicked overturn roe, mitch mcconnell
would be split between bands, restrictions, and protections in a post row world. 23 states, would institute bans and in another 21 states abortion rights would be protected by state law and passed rulings. that includes the state of nevada i m joined now by nevada tierney general aaron d. ford, thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. let me get first get your comments, your reaction to what mitch mcconnell had to say to usa today about the possibility essentially of outright banning abortion across the country? thanks so much for having me this sunday. your questions a great one. what mitch mcconnell is saying it underscores what i ve already been saying to nevada ends, that don t complacency. we do in fact have here the right to an abortion between two and four weeks of pregnancy, a statute 1990. that does not mean whoever that
president zelenskyy announcing new sanctions on russia preparing for its annual victory day celebration there. former defense secretary william cohen will join us to talk about that, all of that plus an msnbc exclusive. forget defund the police, a group of democrats are pushing nancy pelosi for a vote on funding the police ahead of the midterms, that reporting is ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though with the fight over abortion rights, just days after the supreme court draft pinion lake senate minority leader mitch mcconnell telling usa today, that national abortion ban is possible. when asked if it was worthy of debate, mcconnell responded in part this, if the leaked opinion became the final opinion, legislative bodies not only at the state level but at the federal level, certainly could legislate in that area. so as it stands, 13 stones already passed trigger laws, that would automatically ban abortion if in fact roe is overturned. you have nbc news and alice has found th
where abortion care is gonna be appropriate, and it s gonna be protected. nevada attorney general, aaron ford, thank you so much for spending time with us on this sunday afternoon. we appreciate. it i want to bring in now mary ziegler, visiting professor of constitutional law from harvard law suit author of dollars for light, antiabortion movement mary thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. let s start first with mcconnell statements or mcconnell s comments to usa today, the possibilities all up federal ban on abortion, wondering on a political level for looking at d.c. in the make up there, the votes are necessary there for something like that, a federal mandate feasibly could be of course as the senate ticks back, if the republicans take back the senate, but getting that many seats as a long shot. that aside, when you take a look at nevada for instance, as i was speaking with the state attorney general there, what protections of the state like nevada half if in fact our fede