which turned out to be not be bad idea i mean, yeah, really. there are good investment you will see in this job? you have to cover a lot of the person who sometimes you get little moments of levity. when someone told me on my staff that steve bannon ha been apprehended by postal service inspectors on the yach of a chinese billionaire i connecticut, i was like, okay. this is one of the good stories. yes you enjoy that, all the way home, my friend. thank you at-home for joinin us this hour in december it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc disregard of plaintiff parental rights in this case in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with
and they voted to pass the legislation, 38 to 26. once the bill s side, minnesot will join states lik california and colorado in providing free meals to kids so, she won that, senator. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow in december, it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc defendants disregard o plaintiffs parental rights i this case. in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with former president trump advisor stephen miller the judge decided that obamacare and title ix ruling agains discrimination
vaccines that were approved by the fda, and have been safel administer to over 269 million americans, showing to reduce the spread of covid and th risk of severe illness and death. in idaho, republican lawmakers are going even further they introduced a bill las month that would criminalize the administration of mrna vaccinations, all types of them, not just those for covid that included with mrna technology lik vaccines or rabies, or the flu then there are the 97 bills in 27 states which would ba gender affirming care whic would include hormone therapy, which is also commonly used in menopause. then there are republica efforts to target birth control. in 2021, conservativ republicans tried to block medicaid funding from going to groups including planned parenthood in the fine print, they furthe targeted specific forms of emergency contraceptives are often sold under the name, pla b. it s a medication approved b
that has been used in the u.s. for more than 20 years we don t know how the judg will go, but this case has opened the door to two ver serious questions. one, what is the role of the courts and reviewing the fda s approval of drugs? secondly, what are the implications of other drug being shaken off of the market because conservatives find the controversial? in florida, for example, ron desantis has launched a public health policy committee to counter recommendations from the fda and cdc uncovered on covid vaccines that were approved by the fda, and hav been safely administer to over 269 million americans, showing to reduce the spread of covi and the risk of severe illness and death. in idaho, republican lawmakers are going even further they introduced a bill las month that would criminalize the administration of mrna vaccinations, all types of them, not just those for covid the klan could include fda approved drugs with mrna technology like vaccines o rabies, or the flu then there are
happened in israel in the last couple of weeks. this is a country that s 90% plus adult vaccinated. more than half adult boosted. these are the levels that the democrats would love to achieve in the united states. it s not just that it doesn t make any difference, it seems to be making the situation worse and it s impossible for me to channel that a fourth shot that a second booster is doing to do anything but, in a couple of months, lead to another boomerang, another synchronize wave that overwhelms hospitals because they are reporting that, again, in israel, that thai icu s are under immense pressure, so i don t know what the logic is right now, but i know that in any rational world every public health authority would be calling for an immediate halt to vaccinations, mrna vaccinations for covid until we know what s going on. tucker: it s just a completely scary thing to hear. and again, you can look up the data. it s on vaers we re lucky right now that omicron is not as dangero