principles, the gop would be fans of robust sex education and access to contraceptives because those things actually reduce teenage pregnancy. they would be working to reduce maternal deaths and making sure that in particular, there were not a disproportionate amount of black maternal deaths and infant mortality. they would be making sure that we have paid family leave instead of being the party that continues to fight it. this has not and has never been about pro-life principles. this has always been about creating, maintaining, and coalescing power. melissa, there you have brittany taking us back to the post-segregation era. you bring us to today. you have a very organized body of people who have worked to stack the courts in their favor beyond abortion. how are we going to see that play out? well, we re already seeing it play out, alicia. this is a concerted effort. again, as brittany says, it is about power. we ve already seen the supreme court be weaponized in order to pursue