abortion rights. the supreme court is going to hear arguments from the state of texas and the doj over the state s ban on abortions after six weeks. and one week later, arguments on a separate mississippi law will be heard. and now we have learned arkansas is likely to be the first state to pass a bill mirroring the texas ban. abortion rights advocates across the country have not faced this serious and this many threats since their cause began. i m joined now by arkansas state representative denise emmett and emily wales. welcome to you both, ladies. thank you both for joining us. emily, i ll start with you and i want to read justice sotomayor s dissent, of course, to the texas six-week ban that will be standing until they hear arguments and make a decision subsequently in the supreme court. and she wrote this. the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. you can t help but think and
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how the challenges to how texas created this law. oral arguments are scheduled for november 1st, that s just nine days from now which means the supreme court will take up two major and possibly consequential abortion cases this term. on december 1st, it will hear mississippi s abortion case which is a much more direct challenge to the constitutionality of abortion. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor emerges as the fiercest defender of abortion rights with the partial dissent to yesterday s decision and she agrees the court should remain in place, and it is cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. according to the associated press, the law, quote, has led to an 80% reduction in abortions in the second largest states meanwhile abortions in oklahoma have been inundated with patients from texas and multiple states have passed new legislation limiting abortion rights. these developments underscore
half from now. that s lightning for them. law professor steve vladdic pointing out today he can t think of any recent precedent except for bush v. gore where the court acted so stunningly fast. the arguments are going to be on november 1st, which is very, very soon. still the court deliberately allowed the texas abortion ban to stay in place while they consider the matter, and they didn t have to do that. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor offering a blistering dissent, saying in part today, the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. these women will suffer personal harm from delaying their medical care and as their pregnancies progress, they may be even unable to obtain abortion care altogether because every day the court fails to grant relief is devastating both for individual women and for our constitutional system as a whole. she says, quote, i dissent.
related to texas abortion ban on november 1st. the law remains in place for now. justice sonia sotomayor called the decision cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care. now back to dateline. welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. three years after sandra galas murder, the investigation had stalled. enter chief darryl perry. like sandra s father, larry, chief perry knew the pain of losing a child. motivated by their shared grief, he asked state investigators to take a look at the file. and remarkably they found new evidence. but in a case full of twists, there was another one just around the corner. here again is keith morrison with the other side of paradise. it took a scientific breakthrough to finally get
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