Weeks after pregnancy rather than 24. Governor wolf you see there, who is prochoice, called it too restrictive and cruel because there arent any exemptions for rape and incest. Supporters say new medical advances mean fetuses are viable at an even earlier stage and must be protected. So, val, was this legislative effort and given the fact that they dont really seem to have any push to override wolfs veto when it comes in, is this legislative effort more symbolic than anything else . I think its a chance to put the governor on the record as to whether you know, right now in the united states, were just one of seven countries around the world that allows abortions after 20 weeks, and conservatives in the house felt strongly that we need to put Governor Wolf on the record on this. Keep in mind this is only gonna outlaw about 400 abortions a very small portion of abortions. And as medical science has progressed, we see that viability has been moved to about 20 weeks. We want to join about
Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Cspans 50 state capitals tour continues with the cspan bus in marylands capital city of annapolis and their republican Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford joins us aboard the bus. Thank you for being with us. One of your duties you have been assigned as Lieutenant Governor is to chair the governors heroine and Opioid Emergency Task force. How widespread is the issue in maryland . Guest it is a crisis level in maryland and many other states in the country. We lost a little over 1200 individuals to heroine overdoses. When you combine that with alcohol and cocaine, and other opioids, it is upwards of 2000 people have died from that drug. Host how do you combat that . Well, the first approach we take, i should say is a threepronged approach. First, working on prevention. More awareness of the problem. Getting to younger people before they start. With the traditional methods. Add a large percentage of the people who are what are called the new her