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Morning Joe 6/27/22

2022-06-27 | 🔗

The Morning Joe panel discusses the impact of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

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This is something that belongs to all of us and it does not belong to. Lawmakers does not belong to nine supreme court. Justices one thou always looked up to the supreme court and thought that they were interactive christmas phase, one and our objective in the pro life movement to make abortion thinkable throughout our country. President trump deserves the lion's share of credit. Here he fought like a tiger to put three constitutional conservative judges on the court. I'm overjoyed, I see no words that can describe the way that I feel right now, the this is dead serious that we are now going to let this path. constitutional right has been
taken from the people of amerika. If you are an elected official, you can do something. That is a message I really wanted people to hear, but you are in charge. Stop asking us what we're going to do you do it. Your vote, you can act. You can have the final word, this is not over we went off the air at ten. A m on friday and ten minutes later this, this is an NBC news, special report. We have just received word of a decision in one of the most consequential cases before the supreme court. In decades the monumental ruling by the supreme court finally handed down more than a month after that unprecedented leak of a draft opinion trusting. The nations highest court was poised to overturn the landmark Eighteen, seventy three Roby way:
case, the nation, the highest court rulings sixty three to uphold the mississippi abortion ban being challenged, cheaper yes, John Robert supported that, but stopped short of. Turning row that felt was five to four ending the constitutional protected right? to abortion. After a nearly fifty years. All follows decades of efforts by opponents of abortion made possible by three of wine teased the high court by former president donald trump ruling also reversed planned parent heard versus casey a supreme court case that real ro back in nineteen. Ninety two writing for the majority justice, samuel, Alito declared abortion presents a profound moral question, Situation does not prohibit the citizens of each state. From regulating our pro having abortion roe and casey abrogated that authority.
We now overruled those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives. Ss Stephen briar, Sonia son of my hour and alina kagan vehemently disagreed sorrow for this court more for the many millions of american women who have today loss a fundamental constitutional protection. We descent they wrote warning that abortion opponents now could pursue a nationwide ban from the moment of conception and without exceptions for rape or incest. season galvanised both sides that debate, starting with pay event. Joe Biden the supreme court the united states expressed. he took away the cars right from the american people, That is already recognised, they didn't limited we took it away with this decision
The conservative majority, this room cord, shows how extreme it is. Far removed. They are from the majority of his country. They made the united states and outlier among developed nations in the world, this decision must not The final word The reaction was instant. Abortion bans wanted to effect a nine states, while clinics and multiple other states from alabama to south Dakota shut down immediately trigger laws and thirteen states are set to ban the procedure in the coming days. In response to the ruling, the governors of california or again and washington announced a joint commitment to maintain access to abortion and content, corruption and to predict writers and patients from the legal reach of other states declaring we will fight like help to protect our rights and our values, the way,
if of joy and anger set off immediately after the decision continued all weekend. Protests grew in a number of cities, including thousands demo. straining against the decision outside the barricaded supreme court since more chanted. We will rise up and new york's washington square. Meanwhile, for many conservative sunday was a day of celebration as the issue took centre stage from the pulpit yet the vision to overturn row clashes with the views over overwhelming majority of americans delay is falling, shows americans consider the ruling a step back. words for a nation. By more, the twenty percent margin? And, as we have seen for some time, oversight percent of americans have told Gallop and other news organisations. They support. Row ring upheld good morning and welcome the morning joe, it's monday, Joe Twenty seven,
you. I have been on the front. All we can do as it by from people calling obviously a lot of grave concerns- and I must say grave concerns even long those who are pro life and have been pro life through out their own lives concerned about the fact that you have young women, victims of rape, victims of again says that, because of this ruling in many States are going to be forced to carry the rapist child, determine that's just the reality and that's what we keep hearing yeah and or, as coming, I've been hearing from women all over the country and even around the world. This is devastating and I in a vast me what what we can do- and I've got two words please
out it was winston churchill who said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried and the same might be said of the democratic party. At this point, democrat somehow managed to get the most votes and lose the most election. So they need more, even one, when they lose. It could be argued that today's Democrats are too weak to fragile, to woke to lead to do Next, it from the realities of working americans, and yet the democratic party is the worlds last best hope again first fascism against it. Extreme autocratic and woman, antigay anti contraception anti freedom collection of fascists who dominate the trump of today's republican party, a group of fascists who even refuse to investigate the violent riots that their president launched on january, six to overthrow a legitimate
the elected president. Why As they are fascists, and now claiming control over your bodies, your health, your life and they promised they're coming next to take away your birth control pills and even what you do with another consenting adults in the privacy of your own bedroom? To call trumps republican party in trumps Supreme court? Extreme understates, that ensure these institutions pose to american freedom to our democracy, J, R fascists, who have contempt, for what seventy percent of americans believe up? Roby wade? What now percent of americans believe about you. Virtual background checks and You believe about europe to control your own body and your life? So what donald trump america look like Joe sort. I described
there are in reality, it looks like a thirteen year old rape and incest victim being ordered by the state to have a forced birth of her rapists baby, That's where we are and twenty twenty two. And for all the democratic parties flaws, though the only party that can stand this continued rise of fascism, register, vote, work toward and for a majority that can protect your body your freedoms and just may save our country That's right, you're! Right now, former? U s attorney harry! Let me also and b c news presidential historic, michael bestial, as member of the new york times at a tory aboard mara, gay and michigan state senator mallory MC mauro. As the issue of abortion, now heads back to the states where the battles being waged professor Levin. Let me begin with you.
I must say it it? It is starting to all of us, but I suspect, even more stunning to those who have studied constitutional law, as you have who teach constitutional law to see and twenty twenty two. We actually have a supreme court that takes away or right get over. Seventy percent of americans wanted to cape that's been in effect for fifty years. and then went on to say we're coming up. Contraception next were coming after gay marriage next and even I don't think, there's been a huff reporting of this even saying they're coming after what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedroom, let's say this again: various court. this cord says coming after what consenting adults do and the privacy of their own bedrooms next week
there's nothing to stop them, you're totally right. It's been fifty years of rome, where dozens and dozens justice is upheld. It and now This court come along and say you know what it's always been: a grievously wrong, a constitutional stature. Well, why is that because in any seen century. Sometimes we made a criminal. Oh well, wait a second! What about same sex marriage? What about contraception? It's all true of all of these things and what the court says in his opinion is elbowed. We're not talking about those things today, but it is in court. They need reasons and reasons there trying to give that role is a grievously wrong. Don't hold if at all, because they apply to all the things you're talking about Joe. So there is very little reason for consolation that they won't be coming in that direction, because all that has to happen is that newly emboldened red state, is that law and now comes up
if the court and if they apply the this decision in the same way they're supposed to, and that is what the court does well now we're stuck in the same way to the assurances that everything else is off the table, and this was just some egregiously wrong. Stepchild, just don't make sense to people who think a constitutional law, it doesn't make sense it. It makes sense when ellida wrote it in the leaked opinion and clarence thomas. Let us now there's a reason why it did make sense, because that's not actually where the court ended up Tom is said, work after marriage equality, next we're coming after what adults do in the privacy of their own bedroom. Next we're coming after a contraception neck. So a senator the the the battle comes to the states now, and I think what is so remarkable that so many americans is because
supreme court lifted this constitutional protection. That's been in effect for half a century. Now you have states that are going to require thirteen year old girls victim. Of rape victims in says they are going to be compelled by the state carry their rapist baby to force a birth. What what Are you planning to do in Michigan what what a future look like for young women work for all women, and I also want to share. I showed a personal story this week on the second floor. There are those egregious examples and then there's also story like mine. After I gave birth to my daughter, I haven't had an eye you d placed and then you punctured my uterus. I had to be scheduled for elaborate, laparoscopy and Dnc to have it removed and without act ass to an abortive procedure I might be sure right now and I have to
to women and families all over the state about hard it is to become pregnant, how hard it is to stay pregnant safely, how often people miscarry and it forced pregnancy, regardless of what your doktor thinks, regardless of the situation and find yourself in and the ramifications in michigan we may now eighteen, thirty, one law on the books along dormant law that makes provide abortion, a felony by a minimum of four years of prison and right now the republicans wanna go even further and make that eight you're the ear penalty. So they want to have it both ways they want to say: look. We don't want to go back to the nineteen. Thirty one law: we don't want to send doc to jail. We don't want to send women and girls to die, and yet
doing nothing. I have introduced the bill to pass the reproductive health act into law in the state of michigan to codify abortion access, but they don't want to take that up. We ve never had a debate, and now it's too late. This is the law on our books and market let's just for a moment talk about the impact here on poor women I think it's important for americans to reflect upon this. This is not actually about saving the lives of babies b. Int this decision is about control over women's bodies. It's about power, about a minority and then right wing extremists agenda trying to an end like they're, well upon the rest of us and the people who will suffer the most as as usual are them vulnerable people in society. Every everyone every woman will suffer every woman myself included. We have fewer rights,
Then we had a week ago, four days ago by the people who be the first to suffer. Are those who do not have the ability to travel if they need health care? That includes an abortion? those who do has healthcare, those may not have resources or networks to get them the care that they need. This is going to have oral impact on women of color, specially black women across the south, who have her and this maternal mortality rates, as is in this country, There were some projections over the weekend that this is actually going to do make that worse wishes unsurprising going to have an impact on rural women. It's going to have an impact on anyone who has to drive now across more we'll stance in this country to get the health care to which they should be entitled as a human being, Of course, it is again. The hypocrisy is, is extraordinary because Maura. You certainly be stated it, but if
if these republicans or of any of these, these senators who supported these, these judges their family members, their daughters, their loved ones needed an abortion that they are. They could get on a plane and taken to another state, its poor women, it says you said women better and rural areas in the southern states that are going to be trapped, making horrific life decisions without them without the safety of of of a safe medical procedure, and you know mara is fascinating- that clarence promise showed that hypocrisy is decision. He talked about. He talked about how how controversial certain rights should be reviewed again. He talked about I quality how that should be opened up. He talked about, of course, why
What consenting adults can do in the privacy of their bedroom bad should reach echoed up buddy for some reason talk about loving theirs. Fascinating, didn't talk about interracial marriages and an ice. All that a lot of people brought that up. As in oh, my god, why didn't you say that I saw that this being so typical of of of the republicans these so called life republicans and what they do for their own children, but they would do for their own loved ones if medically necessary, if there the crisis, and yet what they won't do or poor women in rural states. Thousands of miles away from where they can have the same procedure. That's right out. I mean, first of all, it's so I think we should start there, and I think that is sending justice is used. The word draconian and and which was spot on, but I think
what americans are coming to realise. I was out of the protests on friday, covering them in washington square park. Reminder of anger is extraordinary. The signs that you see the protest signs are very sophisticated and new saw not just women or not just white women. You saw an incredibly diverse crowd of, gay new yorkers game I atkins who signs that said. You know Bodily autonomy is queer liberation because the point is here. Americans are now coming to understand that this this minority, ariane, fascist action in the country. This is not about Joe abortion? This is about power and control. and it is about wanting to contain every aspect of american life, whether it contraception, of course, gay rights it's really about imposing a really extremist view.
a very archaic one of what this country is a white christian nationalist view of country and I use the word christian muslim in there, Please please! Please! Please do because I find So I invite so ironic senator funding so ironic that certain dems of always said row row ro as an illegitimate decision, because they never mentioned abortion and the key strategic they never mentioned portion of the founding documents. You know where abortion also is not mentioned in the bible. Gospels in Jesus his own words. You know those red words never mentioned once and by the way, if it were Such a centre piece of the christian faith stay with me. Christians, listen christians. If it were such a centre piece of the christian faith, then why did it baptists now
tina hundred and eighty years after Jesus is birth, to figure out when Ronald Reagan was running for president that they were suddenly against abortion, because baptists were actually safe for a boy and they were pro choice throughout than nineteen seventies, catholics only figure, It was the centre piece of their religion and, like the nineteen thirty's So again it's just. It is so preposterous, but this clean This is somehow a victory for baby Jesus. It's just a lie and it's a lie. That's been made up over over our adult life and here's what here's? What I'm much older than you, but here is a way to look at it. I was telling friends that we want. This is the centrepiece I said, you do understand that evangelicals we're were for choice: lake after the baby, broke up. Let me We continue their work for choice after the eagles broke,
Very well afford shaw is when I was in high school, so tell me does this have to do with the gospels of Jesus Christ. Answer, of course, is happening, may its politics politics the tax and it gets into. The bastardization of religion, and you know when I and gave a speech reclaiming my own christian identity. couple of months ago. This was about this horrific, the use of religion and inflicting it on other. It is the views of such a horrific minority of people. Religious freedom in that country does not mean you get to inflict your religious views on others. It means the freedom to practise your own religion without fear situation. But beyond that you know what else isn't mentioned in the constitution. Women. This is an assault on.
freedoms. This is an assault on our identities and right now the supreme court is not going to save us. The congress is not going to save us states and state legislatures are the front lines and the last line of defence. They have sent this to the states that is where we all have to focus our energy and our effort to take our freedoms back my congratulations for this If you can put this into historical context, because I I can't think of many times where a constitutional right was again away and wall that constitutional right was taken which the state is now able to take I'm over a woman's body until a woman what she can or cannot do and in it incurring opinion? This state is they're saying the state should also be able to Take control of what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedroom. Now, I'm, I may not be
gotta this political thing, but on giving the numbers for that aren't. really good either, and it shows just how extreme views. What is how disconnected they are from the american public? And I do wonder Michael what is the impact of the court legitimate legitimacy. What is the impact? of madison in democracy, when you have one branch so radically so radically separated from the will of the people. Well, let's take a look at eighteen, fifty seven with the dread scott decision that, basically sad you got a supreme court. That is hopefully racist, and you cannot have hoped that that's gonna change for a very long time without a civil war. I what I didn't- love by certainly agreed with what make us that, at the beginning fascism this as fascist in many ways:
opinion sounded. Like doll prompts inaugural address, which was basically I've got. The power and of uranium majority that doesn't like it. It's tough lot, I'm here you are now about to have. I think I would agree with you, Joe the government, in a way that we have never seen before. A poor one. A woman by were I'm not talking about economically, but if a woman is in a hospital room having a man, carriage and let's say one, the people in the room? I is by what he or she is seeing, because they re dogs? They read this rules over. They gonna do her to call nine one one. The police are going to come into the hospital room with max fine glasses sang? Is this an abortion or not we're going to call the prosecutor these so called small government conservatives, the fight but particularly where three tromp appointees our, showing that there actually on the side of the world will be on the side of autocracy
they want americans reporting on on one another is by on one another? If this extent to contraceptives, as you were saying, you don't have to pee we are in a bed room where the door closed is going to be, Besides, someone saying I think, they're using could contraceptives in their it's illegal. I'm gonna call the cops. Where is is going to end and one The thing I'd like to see these three To prompt justice, as you are asking about, is the court gonna be seen as a legitimate court is, I think, ass our pride. I hated people in this country and it makes extremely sad to say, we're trump justices came from number one. A stolen seed from abroad obama We should have had a hearing aloud, Our glass number two. not coming into a vacancy that was created after
I'll drop enticed anthony candidate, both directly and through intermediaries, to leave the core. They can see number three amy, We bear a rushed down the court eight days before the twenty twenty election, which trump lost final Abraham lincoln and eighteen. Sixty four had to fill such a vacancy. He didn't do it, he said: let's have it. action first, vacancy should be filled by a person to be the next president. Right in, of course, Harry. We ve heard for quite some time that expanding the court would on. mind the credibility of the supreme court, they Bring court has done that already Republicans lincoln's in this sensitive done that already even book where this decision Gallop reported that supreme court had its lowest ever approval rating at twenty five percent. So you
about abraham, lincoln abraham, lincoln change, eventually changed the number of justices on the court, after lincoln staff. Republicans did the same thing there you add Andrew jackson, doing it you add thomas, a person doing its job Adams wanting to do it, of course, washington doing it from the very beginning it is. it's hard to listen to republicans who have done what they ve done over the past five years by lying through their teeth. First, By saying they couldn't let Mary garland on the court, because it would, undermine a rule and then line through their teeth again after our bg g died, Well, we're we're going to just change the rules, as has started take them seriously as net when you start talking about maybe expanding the cord to twelve. I represent a country that has over three hundred and twenty million people now that I'm sure has, as it
is doubled, perhaps tripled in size, since there were only nine justice is put on the supreme court. And why do I sang it can? Finally, I just want to say this area really quickly, just for four for twitter. I've been saying this for some time So this isn't it in, and this isn't in reaction to row, I've been saying for some time makes no sense to only have nine justices with over three hundred and twenty million people out there. You can say you can check it. I've been saying it for two years: harry I dont know why, with twenty five percent of americans having any confidence in the quarter at all. Congress and the present should look at this seriously and reform the supreme court. Yeah and the arguments by republicans. I think you're right are completely cynical. That's not there really, not thinking about the sanctity of the but even that we're talking about a girl shows how what bad odor the court is. Now in a distant echo, Michael, there been three or
what time do not always conservatives out of step, but when the court is out of step not just with the american people but with other lawyers and scholarship, we're talking about you know a very small, stream on the far right that were red. this job and that trunk put up for their very reason, basically to do this, on rail from the courts in kind of position. there are real, lay bad for the country and the court and see. The court now is terribly royal. I just want to add to these parade of horrible's, because basically the court said come on in the waters find to any state that wants to do things and remember taxes, taxes, I said hey, if you help anyone get an abortion and you can be from Michigan or russia, europe be libelled, there's the real possibility that our states gonna go after people who
we'll go to another state to get their abortion they're gonna say: well, that's against the law to that's the showdown. That's coming and one last point on your christianity point: here's a showdown! That's coming! You states that are going to say: life begins, conception and essentially rolling the view and in fact it supposed to other religious views like judaism. What's the court gonna do with that? What they basically sat is theirs I think on the side, women, nothing to weigh down and even care about, it's all up to the states to do what they want and forgive me for having to say this, but I'm just going to have to keep saying this because I know there is banned indoctrination over the forty years. That rule just view that life begins at conception that in the evangelist church, started in nineteen. Seventy nine now nineteen eighty when I was in high school so again the fact that people
I'm up and job do like this is the centrepiece of this christianity jet of their christianity. It actually shows they. read the bible or if they do read the bible they don't read the red ladders because they feel like cause they follow politicized version of their christianity. They can ignore all the other parts like they get it about about a kindness about forgiveness, about grace about asked for forgiveness. It. It really is its extraordinary and lotta people said this day. Would never happen. I talked a lot of people who said this. They were would never happen that road would never be overturned. They were shocked, but have to believe what these Articles are saying We should have believed it before. We need to believe it now and telling you now they're coming for you, contraception.
there. They are there going after griswold they're going after marriage equality, They can concurring opinion from a justice a very influential justice who said that even going after what consenting adults do and the We see a thereon bedrooms, That's not fascism! If that's not orwellian maker I don't know why they were here this is it harry? men. Thank you very much. Michigan state senator mallory, MC morrow. Thank you as well good to have you on and still I had on morning Joe we're gonna, have a lot more fall out from the Supreme court's decision on abortion rights, dozens of prosecutors taking a stand in response to the rolling. Meanwhile, legal battles are expected to common. Several states will have a complete breakdown for you, we're all
following everything that is coming out of the G7 summit happening now, including president, I'd and meeting with the leader of a country that has been slow to support ukraine plus as russia burns through its arsenal and troops. There are suggestions, the kremlin may simply run out of steam here, Jim morning, Joe we'll be right back and I'm joshua Johnson? The host of now tonight
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our age, like pictures from the G7 summit taking place in germany right now, president Biden, another g: I've later as our gallery inside now. They just finish the so called class picture outside and the G7 summit kicks off as it does in germany. Russian forces are hitting the ukrainian capital of key. They shattered weeks of relics. com in the city officials say several russian missiles. Yesterday to residential buildings and a kindergarten playground killing in person and injuring for others, a seven year old girl in her mother Who is a russian citizen or also in germany they attack and adviser the ukrainian interior ministries said russian. President Vladimir Putin was wounding his own citizens present by condemned. The attack calling it an example of russia's quote barbarism
The russian military will soon exhausted combat capabilities and be forced to bring its offensive in eastern ukraine to grow ding halt, that's it to a new western intelligence assessment, which was obtained by washington post? The paper reports that a senior official says quote? There will come a time when tiny advances, russia's making because unsustainable in light of the costs, and they will need a significant pause to generate capability, the official also said russia's creeping advantages are dependent almost entirely on the expenditure of vast quantity, of ammunition, notable artillery shells which are being fired at a rate no military in the world would be able to sustain forlorn according one other senior officials, the minor territorial gains currently being notched by russia.
Are less significant than the overall balance of power on the battlefield as from Austria, the hosted way to world jonathan le maire. It's quite a backdrop. I would help our lie. They are. I would ever like him at the end of the summit. To sing edelweiss. Only wonderful, Well, we get their interesting reporting this weekend from the washington post, quoting not only boris Johnson, but also rush. Military analyse sang, they're, just going to run out of missiles they they don't. They can't continue this fighting forever, but the question is whether the west is going to step up and continue the flow of arms. ukraine needs in a way that allow them to push back a slight russian advances at what are you hearing.
there are a number of topics at the G7 over just be held over the mountains across the border in germany, from where I stand, including global inflation, a new and infrastructure at issue, but certainly the war in ukraine is front of mind. In fact, the world leaders gathered here, just received a video addressed from ukrainian president's a landscape urging them to continue their support in that mainly means sending us, weapons knew ass for its part he's gonna, do so announcing that they will in fact have more long range missiles heading towards You keith to help out the ukrainian forces and the president is using the moment president Biden to push his peers here to do the same yet interesting one on one meeting with the german chancellor schulz yesterday, in which you really stress the need to be focused on this. In order to continue to supply ukraine with weapons and the money it needs to hold off the russian forces lot of chatter. Here about this assessment about the east and the donbass, the russians have been making progress, but, as noted
It's pretty slow. Its grinding, Ukraine's that are taking heavy losses and they are fearful that they too soon be running out of weapons to their origin. The west, these allies to we supply them as soon as possible, so they are well position, take advantage of them if, indeed russia begins to fall short with their own nations, the As President Biden expressing concern of european concern from his advisers. germany and france is commitment that their dragging their feet and getting the weapons to the ukrainians. Or do you feel like those countries are stepping up now there has been previous frustrations to be clear, though they seemed now be more confident the dose there's more fulfil their promises to do so. The french and pray for a crown and the british prime minister bourse johnson, who says
having the best time. Anyone at this summit the last few days they had a separate meeting yesterday, which they emerged from it saying there. Two countries were united in absolutely continue to help keep with their work, Hence the germans, as you know, have been slower to do so, which is why by us officials were so keen to get president Biden that audience with the german chancellor. Yesterday there more hopeful the germans will follow through with their commitment to do just that. But there are other factors, of course, as well: the west, considering in a cap on the price of russian oil, trying to choke off such a a steady stream of of revenue for putin and his war machine, the g seven coming to a tentative agreement to do that, the last details to need to worked out some clear that thing get china and india to go along, those two countries to buy a lot of russian energy and was this all comes here, the backdrop of global inflation, and I fear that some of these western nations will be less inclined to continue to pour money in ukraine in this war last months and months, considering them,
recently dismal economic forces at home Michael bachelor. She wrote president some war. I'm I'm I'm curious. How is Joe Biden fairing that we had several phases of this war? Obviously, and we seem to be moving in the grinding war of attrition? How is the united states president doing well, I think, amazingly well, in making sure that the american people understand what is at stake and support is an american efforts to support ukraine, if we were sitting here a year ago, and someone has said to us: russia is going to attack ukraine. What are you he's gonna happen, I'm sure you and make it would have been what much wiser than a man I wanted. Then I would have said a very good chance. Russia is going to conquer, should you crane pretty quickly, plus lot of americans might just say this is not. a struggle.
Those were not ukrainian americans may say we don't even know much about ukraine. What by has done. Is he's been able to make sure that americans now that is not just you trainers and stay gets its freedom and the whole world, and the I think he has done is diplomatically. We might have worried about the fact that perhaps nato might not be united on the side of helping ukraine. Certainly put before it offers gamble advised and took the bad advice and thinking you know a lot of divisions and nato all fight with each other. You know they'll break job. If there's any effort to have unity on you on Ukraine all I was wrong. Nato is united and I guarantee you when it historian is looking at this. two years from now and laughing at what Joe, I did behind the scenes this didn't just happened spontaneous I did so jobs little mare, we
make your saying well, maybe next time, because it would cute about anyhow, the hills are alive, but genital amiss Thank you very much. Junk coming up. Senator Amy closure of minnesota is our as this morning will discuss two big stories right now: the supreme court decision on row and the gun legislation just signed into law by the president, will be right back with much more morning. Chow these days. The news never stops the more the headlines changed by afternoon and by the end of the day, it's all totally different. So, let's get into it, what's happening right now, what it all means for you for an hour every day I get it. I know that it can be hard to keep up. So let's get started together and go from there. Hey I'm Ali jackson, and we have a ton going on tonight. Here's the deal jackson mount weekdays at five pm eastern on NBC news, the hague,
willie guys here, reminding you to check out the sunday sit down podcast on this week's episode. We revisit a favorite conversation with academy award winner oriana to both in a year that saw her win that oscar the golden globe in just about every other word. You can win for performance and Steven Spielberg side story. You can get our conversation now for free wherever you download your pod casts. Cried forty. Eight pass the hour alive. Look at the white house as we continue to cover this major story: pretending to abortion in december of twenty nineteen kate and flanagan published a piece in the atlantic entitled the dishonesty of the abortion debate and we're gonna read a lot from it right here. It's incredibly compelling. She writes quote in nine. in fifty six to american physicians, J presley and w e brown colleagues at university
markets, arkansas school of medicine decided that for recent admissions to their hospital, where significant enough to warrant a published report. Lysol induced criminal. Abortion appear the journal. Obstetrics and gynecology it describes for women who were admitted to hospital in extreme distress. Oliver having had criminal abortions with what the doctors believe be an unusual agent. Lysol the powerful cleaner had been pump. into their wombs. them survived, and one of them die I've read many accounts of complications and deaths from the years when abortion was illegal in this country. The subject has always compelled me because other told me that many times that when she was a young nurse at Bellevue hospital in new, york city. She had twice sat beside girls ass. They died from botched abortions. Both girls were interviewed by detect it
who demanded to know the abortionists names, but both refuse to reveal that there were two by my mother always said abortionists to use the term of that era. Typically extracted ray promises from women who sought them out, they must keep procedure, a secret never reveal the abortionists name and what happened to them. Afterward. They must or contact him or her again Flanagan, also rights. The first time I saw one of the new three d ultra sounds of the fetus in utero. I was, I wasn't entirely sure what I was looking at anything like the black and white images I was used to seeing it looked otherworldly like we'd finally made contact with the planet we ve always wanted to each for a long time. These just made me anxious. They are proof that one
rose within a pregnant woman body is a human being living. an unfolding according to a timetable that has listed as long as we have obviously would take a profound act of violence to remove him or her from his quiet world and destroy him. The argument for abortion, if made honestly, requires many works. It must the recent past the dire consequences to a woman of making a very simple medical procedure illegal. They argue against it? Doesn't even doesn't take even a single word The argument against it is a picture this not an argument. Anyone is going to win the loudest advocates on both sides are terrible representatives for their cause, and here is one truth, no matter, what the law says. Women will continue to get abortions. How do I know because
The relatively recent past women would allow strangers to brutalized them too knitting needles and wire hangers into their wombs to thread. Half an hour, is through their services and fill them with lysol scalding, hot water or lie women. And willing to risk death to get an abortion. When we made abortion legal, we decided we weren't going to let that happen anymore. We were I'm going to let one more woman arrive at a hospital with her organs rotting inside of her. We accepted that we might lose that growing baby but we were also not also going to lose that woman, mara pay. and spaces, so searing and so strong, but it brings to light a reality in america This is not just something that
happens once in a while. This is about reality across the board come back to us now. This is the reality that the supreme court doesn't, even bother to acknowledge wishes. The human reality of the amount of suffering that is going to take place in this country unnecessarily, because of their actions, we like pretend that our friends, don't have consequences and others by they do and women in this country are not going to simply say and accept this? They will do whatever they have to do exercise control over their own bodies and their own lives, and consequences of that for too many americans, I fear, are going to be death and and other women. You know whom may may one pregnancies later on and be unable to its it's just absolutely chilling and
I want to say you know there is an element here of this is really not just about abortion. This is about just an attack on modern america. As we have come to know it. the ability to the freedom and the knowledge that we have the freedom as americans, as citizens to x, has control over our own bodies to decide what we do to Jos point in our own bedrooms, with with another consenting adults and, of course, to take- control as well, which I think we should absolutely take those rights seriously. and my confessional is happening most. and I'm sorry, Martin Michael bachelor was just just reading, Caitlin a flat in space you really do you get the imagery of why her mother saw at Bellevue. and it really is- is designed
going back fifty sixty years, a contrary and take away line from there. The take away from Kalen pieces, Women are going to continue to have abortions The question is whether those abortions are going to be safe, are whether young women jobs are victims of incest or rate or in the end up dying, after their rush to eyes barrel. Totally right, We are seeing is a tyranny by a majority. now being expressed by a majority on the supreme court because of our political system, and there are basically saying you know, opinion was there any comfort for someone who disagrees Majority of americans who are going to district disagree with this ruling,
what's the message was wasn't like George Washington sang power in a democracy has to be exercised with restraint What that ruling on friday, I says, is we ve got the power deal with it. have to deal with You know my Michael. I just want to follow underlined that really quickly that that point you made, because I will say that is one thing: that friends of mine pro life friends of mine, conservative lawyers of mine and, and others underlined is it wasn't just la holding taking away a fundamental right over the past fifty years they found the town to confrontational and anyone who has followed the supreme court, anyone who has read constitutional law knows that most justices, especially in landmark decisions. Over backwards to explain how this is not a radical move. This
with this? Is that we are moving forward and we're moving in the direction that this she's been moving and we understood their problems, but this is and they'll round off some of the harsh or edges. They will give something to their opponents there there, their legal or ideological opponents. There was none of that there I ve got to say more than anything I'm gourd decision, I've ever read it it. was I ever the language? There was a violence to the reasoning we win, You rose we're taking away these rights and there is not You can do about it. I please, if somebody disagrees with me, please Let me now we're a court. Has overruled right, that's been in place for fifty years and done so in the end, in such such an aggressive manner with absolutely no grace absolutely no outrage today,
legal or ideological opponents Michael. What does this authoritarian they're trying to say essentially you in america who don't like the fact that now on the supreme court, basically shut down your throat, something a majority of you dont, like This is the new reality and you're gonna have to deal with that. You know make us said at the beginning of the hour she used. Word fascism. Some people are gonna find out. A strong word I find it descriptive word because that's The essence of what we're talking about, which is a small minority. Essentially prided dominate the politics of the country and by the way you look at dress, God look at other countries where There is this kind of angry tyranny by the minority. I thank you put it likely, Joe it oftentimes, leads to civil war. I prayed That does not happen in our beloved
I can loss mara gay. Thank you both very much for being with us on this very important morning and coming up. We ve got watch more on the supreme court decision overturning Roby way. Voting. The legal finds that could come at the state level, illinois governor Genji pritzker as our guest on efforts to strengthen abortion protections in his day that and much more will be right back whether it's the can inequities of climate change, the channel of racial injustice or the threat to american democracy. Get your daily. I've been lightning articles at MSNBC, daily, written perspectives. people, you know and trust many hossack Joyce vats and doktor computer patel, along with a groan. list of experts offering their insights plus fresh, takes Hey is ground and Z. Finally, start your with MSNBC daily at msnbc dot com.
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