abortion rights still enact a decades old ban? what happens with abortion pills? where can they and can t they be mailed? what about the politics, can a republican congress with a republican president now move to restrict all abortions across the can country? what can democrats do to reverse this, if anything? at least ten states quickly moved to implement laws effectively banning abortions since friday, some happened with trigger laws, another five states expected to enact further laws limiting abortion and all 26 states have laws that indicate they could outlaw or set extreme limits on the procedure. there were some protests across the country over the weekend, they were largely peaceful. and as some states move to restrict abortion rights others are taking steps to protect access and funding. some major companies are pledging to provide support not just for employees, in some cases they re saying they re going to provide support for dependents in states where abortions a
se cupp and the senior correspondent at new york magazine, also the co-author of notorious rbg the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. let s just start broadly here. how different, laura, with women s rights in america this morning? dramatically. dramatically right away. dramatically even before. think about the fact that texas effectively banned abortion months ago and we re here right now. life as women know it has been dramatically changed from what we knew for the past 50 years. i think the question now is really all the questions that you outlined with jeffrey toobin is what comes next. i think the real fight that you will see play out is what happens with medicate id abortion, two the pills that induce abortion i mean, offer half of women in this country who get abortion are actually doing it through these two pills right now. the fda has said that they re safe, effective, safe than viagra.
and that s what s at stake, and we need to lean-in. and before january 12th when this new legislature comes in, before january 15th when this new governor is sworn in, we have the opportunity to become the 15th state in the country that codifies the ability of virginia women to make their own health care decisions. and we need to do it. january 12th and january 15th are the two dates to keep an eye on in the commonwealth of virginia. virginia delegate dan helmer, thank you very much. joining us now is a senior correspondent at new york magazine and coauthor of notorious rbg the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. great to see you. with the real possibility of the supreme court altering or overturning roe states like virginia as we ve been discussing are scrambling to pass protections on abortion.
sure every single virginia woman including my wife has the ability to make her own reproductive health care decisions. and that s what s at stake, and we need to lean-in. and before january 12th when this new legislature comes in, before january 15th when this new governor is sworn in, we have the opportunity to become the 15th state in the country that codifies the ability of virginia women to make their own health care decisions. and we need to do it. january 12th and january 15th are the two dates to keep an eye on in the commonwealth of virginia. virginia delegate dan helmer, thank you very much. joining us now is a senior correspondent at new york magazine and coauthor of notorious rbg the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. great to see you. with the real possibility of the supreme court altering or overturning roe states like virginia as we ve been discussing are scrambling to
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