Abortion will be illegal up until a certain point, right? it s up to the states, is what this draft opinion is suggesting. talk about that, because i want to get into other issues, and that is including the bullying and who leaked this to begin with. but first, stay on the substance of this right now. well, sure. the draft opinion, we don t know what the final opinion will be, but the draft opinion was written by justice sam alito, and a masterful opinion. it is careful, it is scholarly, it is historical. it walks through how for the first 185 years of our nation s history the question of abortion was decided by elected legislatures, decided primarily at the state level. and, listen, we all recognize abortion is an issue that is deeply personal, that is deeply motional, and it s an issue on which americans are sharply divided. there are very, very different views on what the appropriate rules should be. and for the first 185 years of
You know, it s interesting, he calls it a bill to codify roe v. wade, but that s not, in fact, what the bill does. it is a add call abortion bill which, sadly, reflects where today s democrats are. the bill that we voted on last are time is a bill that would strike down every reasonable, common sense restriction on abortion across the country. it would strike down restrictions on partial-birth a abortion, it would strike down restrictions on hate-term abortion, strike down provisions on taxpayer funding, it would strike down parental consent and noteification laws. and the amazing thing is that today s democratic party on the issue of abortion has gone to the extreme left like they ve done on economics, embracing socialism, like heavy done on the border, embracing open borders. you take an issue like late-term abortion. only 6% of americans support abortion all the way up to the moment of birth. that is the position of today s democratic party. that is what we re going to vote
Our nation s history, we resolved those in the elected legislatures. then in 19 is 73 1973 seven unelected lawyers wearing black robes said, you silly voters, you don t get to decide. we mow better than you, and we re going to decree the answer for the entire country. and i think that decision in roe really caused an enormous amount of anger and frustration for the tens of millions of people who passionately care about this issue, who have been engaged in this issue. you had a these un these unelected judges saying your views don t matter, and there s no outlet for you to fight for them. if, in fact, court does overturn roe, the result is not that abortion is illegal across the country. the result is thatst up to the people, it s up to democracy. that will mean in bright blue states, states like missouri and california at least for the immediate future new york, we ll continue to see abortion on demand. maria: yeah.
Warren among others after supreme court draft on abortion was leaked. joining me right now is former hud secretary, pediatric neurosurgeon dr. ben carson. he and his wife, candy carson, are out with a new book called created equal. dr. carson, it s wonderful to see you again. thanks very much for being here this morning. thank you, maria. and happy mother s day to all the mothers out there. maria: yes, exactly. thank you for that and happy mother s day to you and your family and candiment let candy. let me talk a bit about this book. thank you for writing this book in an environment where we have such division. what is your message, and tell us how it relates to what we re seeing today. you just heard jen psaki there condoning the protesters around supreme court justices homes. well, you know, there s so much that s going on in our society today that people try to relate back to race. some of it has to do with race and some of it doesn t, but
On. it s going to fail. he s not going to get the 60 votes he needs. he knows that. that is satisfying the left-wing constituency in the democrat party. and i ve got to say, maria with, we are a long, long way from when bill clinton was president mt. state of the union he said he wanted abortion safe, legal and rare. now, i didn t agree with that saint then, but he was at least recognizing that abortion was something he wanted rare. today s democratic party doesn t believe that. they openly celebrate abortion as a wonderful thing. maria: yeah. i mean, look, you go back to what andrew cuomo, former golf governor of new york, did by saying no restrictions whatsoever, could happen until, you know, the ninth month. you also heard a similar sentiment this past week from tim ryan in ohio. since we re on the substance issue here, let s stay here because i want you to explain what this draft opinion says. it by no means says that awe