menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
i think it definitely feels like that on the ground. i have lived in nashville fo 17 years, what my family i from tennessee and the way that i am seeing people respond to this i unlike anything i ve ever seen out of tennessee people are really shifting how they think, not just about the issue of guns but also about the republican politics behind them and the power that has com behind the youth movement have been so inspiring. yesterday me and as re-hel some highschoolers set up march right in front of thei legislative kids go to the same high schoo that my mom works high and are really conservative standup made me think that thi is not just a moment, but it i the start of a movement. as we, i am sure you have seen this data it is absolutely does th stating. it shows the number of childre and teens killed by guns ros 50% between 2019 and 2021. yesterday, march for our lives founder david howell responded to those stats, tweeting quote
It is not teachers making kids liberal, it is the fact that republicans have failed to protect an entire generation and kids live in constant fear of being slaughtered in thei schools. i wonder what action do yo want your state lawmakers an your federal lawmakers to take to better protect your community and your generation. and listen it, is a few year between being a young person who is in school and being m and having kids who you ar sending into those schools it is a blip in your life an change has to happen very fast in order to close that gap what is it you want to see formula makers absolutely. we have known that gun violenc has been the leading cause o death for the young people - for years now, and we ve bee calling for this it is breaker than just school shootings, which absolutel galvanized a nation and it i something we all are afraid of but it is every day gu violence that is killing you kids to. so just like you said, i impacts every single community member and every sin