the nation, this law bans abortions before many women know they re pregnant. it also allows private citizens anywhere in the country to sue abortion providers or anyone who assists a woman in texas seeking an abortion after six weeks. it could be someone driving them to the clinic as well. this as the supreme court is set to rule on the constitutionality of another abortion law in mississippi in the upcoming term in october. lots of big decisions coming up. cnn supreme court analyst joan biskupic. joan, not only is it set at six weeks before many women know they re pregnant, but no exception if the mother is raped or a victim of incest. the country received a high point last night at midnight and a low in the abortion wars. roe v. wade and precedent that followed roe v. wade said government could not interfere with a woman s choice for an abortion before the fetus was viable, could live outside the woman. that s usually at 22, 24 weeks. this is six weeks, as you said, befor
which has the lowest vaccination rate in the country with 34% of the people fully vaccinated. and where virtually every county is considered high risk for the unvaccinated. this is a source of frustration of course for the republican governor there, kib. what is it going to take to get shots in arms? i don t know, you tell me. folks supposed to have common sense. but it s time to start blaming the unvaccine mated folks, not the vaccinated folks, that are letting us down. don t you feel it s your responsibility to try and help get the situation under control? i have done all i know how to did. i can encourage you to do something. i cannot make you take care of yourself. a few thoughts about common sense, what we have found that common sense is not as prevalent. we are seeing arkansas american who is are refusing to get vaccinated, including the parent on of an 8-year-old child sick with covid. he is sick a lot, he has been sick a lot for a while, and he is still sick
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Affirmation, not saying we re ready to undercoat roe v. wade without hearing arguments, but that s how this is playing out. it has an incredible chilling effect in these clinics across texas. it s also the kind of thing that has gotten the attention of abortion rights opponents and advocates across the country saying, well, maybe we should do something like this. this is our path. exactly. joan biskupic, i know you re going to continue to follow this momentous day. thanks so much. let s discuss with the ceo and president of planned parenthood of america, alexis mcgill johnson. thanks for joining us. thank you for having me. first, with this law in effect in texas, quite a diverse state, what will this mean for women seeking abortions in texas? where will they go now? first of all, my heart is exactly with the patients and the providers in texas right
What is of course, they could surprise, right, on the mississippi ruling. we don t know. it s possible. but given their stated positions, given that conservative makeup, what is the legal path for planned parenthood and others seeking to protect abortion rights now? is there a legal path. for as long as i ve been involved in this movement, the courts have actually been our backstop, right, to fight against these horrific bans and restrictions that really cut against our constitutional right that was codified during roe v. wade. so the fight that we have will be state by state, making sure there s no state in the union that doesn t believe that we should have access to safe and legal abortion, and we will have to essentially engage in