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so-called, trigger laws. and the next 30 days or so sick states would similar laws on the books are likely to join them. and within the coming weeks and months, six more states are expected to issue new bans on all or most abortions. meanwhile, abortion will remain legal and protected in 20 other states and washington d.c.. that means abortion access is pretty much decided in 40 states. that leaves us with ten states. shown in the gray on this map. they represent tens of millions of americans literally living in a gray area. in those states access to a safe and legal abortion will likely hang in the balance based on a few external factors like which political party gains control in the midterm elections. that is the case in michigan. which is not a law that criminalized abortion back in 1931. that law was superseded by roe in 1973. now michigan s governor, gretchen whitmer, has promised to quote fight like hell to prevent it from going back into place. here she is speak ....
regularly during the 1970s, including after the roe decision in 1973, the southern bout this. when roe was handed down in 73, though, the former president of the southern baptist convention welcomed it and explained why. he said, quote, i was about that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person. it is always there for seem to me what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed. southern path this convention. reaction to roe v. wade, we are also really heterogeneous for a long time between two political parties, there were plenty of antiabortion democrats and lots of pro-choice republicans. republican governors are at the forefront of decarbonizing abortion in states in the 1960s, including the governor of california, a man named ronald reagan. in 1967, ronald reagan signed into law the most liberal abortion rights bill in the country in california. it is not that there was not disagreem ....
Thank you to us at home for being with us this hour. when the supreme court first hit us with this edition of roe a few years ago, it was not like it was not controversial when it happens. there are definitely people who were opposed to the roe v. wade decision in 1973, in particular the catholic church, which had always been staunchly anti abortion. but it was not as controversial as 1973 yesterday s politics might make you think. for example, it was not a particularly controversial decision among american evangelicals. the southern baptist convention, america s largest protestant denomination, they adopted pro abortion rights resolutions ....