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level, it s s unlikely this will be resolved in the courts any time soon. i would not expect there to be much change in the actual law for at least several months, perhaps upwards of a year. reporter: with the supreme court, which currently has a conservative majority, watching to see how that plays out. what is most likely to happen is that there will be a split in the circuit, so the fifth circuit will rule one way, the ninth circuit will rule a different way, and the supreme court will say, now there is a conflict between two circuits, and that means we should probably hear this case and decide the issue on the merits. reporter: as vice president harris, who s been the administration s leading voice on abortion access, slammed the texas decision as a dangerous precedent. there is no question that the president and i are going to stand with the women of america. monica joins us now from the white house. what else, monica, could the biden administration do here? the ju
nobody wants to break the law when they are trying to help people, but we had no choice. reporter: with the supreme court s to overturn roe v. wade in june, the former janes say their work is relevant today. we have, especially men, in washington passing laws that know nothing about the human body. anger. sorrow. we re back having to deal with these same issues. reporter: decades after the janes outlaw ways, the fight over access to abortions goes on. charlie de mar, cbs news, chicago. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, finding a perfect blend between grape growing and science to help fight the extremes of climate change.
over abortion. tonight, efforts by democrats in the senate to begin the process of protecting roe versus wade with a federal law failing. republicans blocking them, along with a democratic senator. the democrats knew they didn t have the numbers, but they wanted every senator on the record on this. rachel scott on the hill tonight. reporter: tonight, democrats forcing a vote to safeguard abortion rights. all of us will have to answer for this vote for the rest of our time in public office. reporter: with the supreme court likely to overturn roe versus wade, democrats say it s just the beginning. they are coming after your birth control. they are coming after plan b and iuds. and right here in the senate, they are talking about a federal abortion ban. a federal abortion ban. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell recently said it is possible republicans could pass a federal abortion ban if they win back congress. today, he called the democrats bill radical. this b