i ll be back tomorrow. some answers are now greetings everyone, you ar watching simone. this is a big week and the assault on women s bodil autonomy from supreme court to stat legislators and relentless efforts to chip away at access to abortion care, even in blue states i m talking to governor jake and say of washington s date about how he is fighting bac for what he calls an issue o freedom. donald trump is spending mor time dealing with his lega problems lately, giving second deposition in new yor and this time, he actually answered questions but he is fighting progress and othe investigations it is really hard to keep them all straight so we will brea it down for, you don t worry plus now that the expel that tennessee lawmakers are back i action, they have a lot of wor to be done for the democracy that they are fighting for we will take a look at wha is next the movement they have inspired i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. it s been a very busy wee
Folks something that justice thomas said a few years back about the supreme court, liste to this. the court was thought to be the lace dangerous brands an we may have become the mos dangerous. i think a lot of it is our own doing and i think the threat are we have lost the capacity, even i think as leaders to not allow others to manipulate our institutions when we don t get the outcomes that we like. now, look no secret that th united states supreme court ha enormous power i mean establishing marriage equality as a law of the land. all the way to ripping away woman s right to choose. there is not a person in america at thinkers life has not been affected by the supreme court rulings but th spite the insistence of th court that s above politics, this particular court is subject to very little accountability it s the only bunch in the
Mifepristone millions of americans coul lose access to essential healt care, some are at risk of dyin because of it. the real life fear and dange of the government continuing t try and tell us what we can an cannot do with our own bodie is still very much here in 2023 thankfully, the coordinate offense on that right to choos has been out with some coordinated defense. democratic governors across th country have responded swiftly to the recent attacks on reproductive rights, for example of washington s that who was the first of man states to stockpil mifepristone almost two weeks ago democratic governor jake and sly bought 40,000 doses of tha drug enough to go around for abou four years other states, they follow suit almost immediately massachusetts, new york, california, maine, the list is growing as we speak. these proactive moves to protect reproductive rights, they are absolutely important. this past january, governo ainsley explain exactly why. you know political theate
Was leaked i told people tha we were living into modern-day handmaid s tale. you know people such me? oh, that s a little hyperbolic isn t it well, i ve come to tell you still stand by what i said because here we are. there is a chance that by th summer, if the recently signed six-week abortion ban take effect in florida, a woman who lives in the south won t b able to get the care she needs due to the abortio restrictions across that region right now, north carolina an south carolina are two exceptions, but even in thos states, they re already bill on the table that woul endanger a woman s right - ability to make decisions abou her own body a proposal in north carolina it would ban abortion in the state unless it was necessar to say a mother s life in south carolina, there s a proposal that could make abortion a crime punishable by death. this is not just business as usual, this is not just political opportunity fo people like ron desantis t solidify their base, the bills