Transcript for What’s next after Roe V. Wade?
TO PROTECTION ACCESS TO ABORTION
UNDER THE LAW, BUT REPUBLICANS
ARE LARGELY OPPOSED TO THAT, SO
FOR NOW, THIS BATTLE WILL BE
LEFT UP TO THE STATES, WHIT.
>> RACHEL, THANK YOU.
WITH THIS LANDMARK SUPREME COURT
DECISION, MANY ARE NOW ASKING,
WHAT'S NEXT AFTER ROE?
WHILE MORE STATES ARE MOVING TO
MAKE ABORTIONS ILLEGAL, OTHERS
ARE WORKING TO INCREASE ACCESS.
PLUS, GROWING QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW THE SUPREME COURT COULD TAKE
ON OTHER MATTERS, LIKE BIRTH
CONTROL AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
HERE'S ABC'S ZOHREEN SHAH.
>> WE ARE THE POST-ROE
GENERATION!
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE
IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF THAT
GAME-CHANGING SUPREME COURT
DECISION BEING FELT NATIONWIDE.
AND TENSE STANDOFFS.
>> WE WILL VOTE!
WE WILL VOTE!
>> Reporter: EIGHT STATES
TONIGHT HAVE BANS ENFORCED, WITH
18 MORE LIKELY TO BAN OR
SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION IN
THE COMING DAYS OR WEEKS,
INCLUDING OKLAHOMA.
>> THAT MAKES THIS SUPREME COURT
DECISION THE MOST LIFE-SAVING
DECISION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
NATION.
>> Reporter: IN SIOUX FALLS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, THIS PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SENDING PATIENTS
TO NEIGHBORING STATES.
>> THE OUTRAGE OF THIS -- WE
WILL STAND FOR EVERY SINGLE
PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF
THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER
HAPPENS IN MINNESOTA.
>> Reporter: THAT RESPONSE FROM
MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR COMING IN
THE FORM OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER,
PROTECTING PEOPLE SEEKING
ABORTIONS THERE FROM LEGAL
REPERCUSSIONS IN THEIR OWN
STATE.
SOME WOMEN LOOKING TO
TELEMEDICINE AND VIRTUAL
MAILBOXES.
THE ONLINE ABORTION SITE PLAN C
TELLS WOMEN HOW TO FIND THE
ABORTION PILL.
>> AND WE WANT TO MAKE ALL FORMS
OF ABORTION AS EASILY ACCESSIBLE
TO PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
>> Reporter: AND TONIGHT,
EXPERTS WEIGHING IN AFTER
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS ARGUED
IN HIS CONCURRING OPINION THE
SUPREME COURT SHOULD RECONSIDER
OTHER RULINGS CODIFYING RIGHTS
TO CONTRACEPTION ACCESS AND
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
>> THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE
THAT, PROBABLY NOT IN THE NEXT
YEAR OR TWO, BUT WITHIN A FEW
YEARS, ISSUES LIKE CONTRACEPTION
OR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE COULD
ACTUALLY BE SUBJECT TO
REVISITING.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE OUT HERE
KNOW THE ABORTION DECISION HAS
BEEN MADE, BUT THEY TELL US THEY
ARE CONCERNED FOR WHAT COULD
COME NEXT.
>> THESE ISSUES REALLY AFFECT
THE NEXT GENERATION, AND IF I
COME OUT HERE AND SPEAK UP,
THEN I CAN SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR
CHANGE.
>> CLARENCE THOMAS SAYING THAT,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY QUEER RIGHTS
ARE NEXT IS WHY WE ALL HAVE TO
SHOW UP.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA, OREGON,
AND WASHINGTON ARE JOINING
FORCES TO PROTECT ABORTION
RIGHTS, AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA,
THE GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED A LAW
TO PROTECT PATIENTS AND
PROVIDERS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
WHIT?
>> ZOHREEN SHAH, THANK YOU.
BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO A SPECIAL
EDITION OF "THIS WEEK" TOMORROW
MORNING.
MARTHA RADDATZ WILL GO
ONE-ON-ONE WITH SOUTH DAKOTA
GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM AND SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN ON THE FUTURE
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