>>> THE RIGHT HAS MADE IT THEIR
MISSION TO DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO TAKE AWAY A WOMANS RIGHT
TO CHOOSE.
AND NOW THEY HAVE REACHED A NEW
LOW IN TEXAS.
THE STATES NEW LAW NOT ONLY
BANS ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS
BEFORE MOST WOMEN EVEN KNOW THAT
THEYRE PREGNANT, BUT
EFFECTIVELY DEPUTIZES PRIVATE
CITIZENS TO BECOME BOUNTY HURPTS
HUNTERS.
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE
GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THE BAN,
WHICH IS RIGHT NOW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER ROE V.
WADE, IT ALLOWS ANYBODY TO SUE
ABORTION PROVIDERS AND ANYONE
WHO HELPS A WOMAN TO OBTAIN AN
ABORTION WITH A BOUNTY OF
$10,000 IF THEYRE SUCCESSFUL.
AS JENNIFER RUBIN POINTS OUT,
THE PARTY THATS SUPPOSE LEAD
FAITHFUL TO THE CONSTITUTION AND
LAW AND ORDER IS TAKING REFUGE
IN KAFKAESQUE RULE-MAKING THAT
EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO HARASS,
INTIMIDATE AND CONFUSE
AMERICANS.
THIS WILL CREATE ABSOLUTE CHAOS
IN TEXAS AND IRREPARABLY HARM
TEXANS IN NEED OF ABORTION
SERVICES.
IM JOINED BY ALEXIS McGILL
JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON, MS.
McGILL-JOHNSON.
I THOUGHT I LOST MY ABILITY TO
BE SURPRISED, I THOUGHT IT WAS
GONE, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS LAW.
>> I MEAN THE CRUELTY IS THE
POINT HERE, JOY.
I THINK YOU SAID IT SO PLAINLY,
RIGHT?
THIS IS A STATE THAT SUPPOSEDLY
LOVES DEFENDING THE
CONSTITUTION, RIGHT?
LOVES PROTECTING RIGHTS.
AND YET ITS A STATE WHERE THEY
DONT EVEN LOVE THY NEIGHBOR.
THEYRE TALKING ABOUT SUE THY
NEIGHBOR.
THEYRE TALKING ABOUT PITTING
FAMILY MEMBERS AGAINST FAMILY
MEMBERS, FRIENDS AGAINST FRIENDS
AND ENCOURAGING ANYONE IN
LITERALLY ANY STATE WHO DOES NOT
BELIEVE IN ABORTION OR, YOU
KNOW, JUST NEEDS $10,000 TO GO
AFTER ANYONE WHO IS SUPPORTING
SOMEONE WHO IS GETTING ACCESS TO
ABORTION.
THAT COULD BE AN ABORTION
PROVIDER, IT COULD BE A HEALTH
CENTER, IT COULD BE A FUND, IT
COULD BE A DONOR, IT COULD ALSO
BE AN UBER DRIVER.
WHO KNOWS WHERE THE BOUNDS END.
AN EX-BOYFRIEND, RIGHT?
THE EXTREMITY OF THIS LAW MAKES
ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
>> LET ME JUST READ A LITTLE BIT
FROM THE -- THIS IS FROM THE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LAWSUIT, IT
WILL FORCE ABORTION PROVIDERS
AND OTHERS WHO ARE SUED TO SPEND
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND
MONEY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN
WHICH THE DECK IS HEAVILY
STACKED AGAINST THEM.
THE BURDENS WILL FALL ON BLACK,
LATINX AND INDIGENOUS PATIENTS
WHO BECAUSE OF RACISM ENCOUNTER
BARRIERS TO OBTAINING HEALTH
CARE.
ITS NOT JUST THE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS, ITS THE UBER DRIVER
OR LYFT DRIVER WHO DRIVES A
WOMAN TO THE HEALTH CARE CENTER.
ITS HAVING NEIGHBORS SPYING ON
WOMEN WHO, HEY, WASNT JESSICA
PREGNANT LAST WEEK?
SHES NOT PREGNANT NOW.
I THINK I MIGHT TURN HER IN AND
GET MYSELF $10,000.
HEY, YOU KNOW, LET ME SPY ON MY
IN-LAW, YOU KNOW.
SHE WAS PREGNANT.
HOW PREGNANT WAS SHE ACTUALLY?
WE LIKE TO THROW AROUND
"HANDMAIDS TALE" AS A REFERENCE
POINT FOR WHAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY HAS DETERIORATED INTO.
BUT NOW THEY DECIDED HOLD MY
BEER, WERE JUST GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND DO IT.
PEOPLE INFORMING ON PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE WE, THE SOVIET UNION IN
THE 80s?
KEEP TALKING, BECAUSE ILL JUST
KEEP YELLING.
>> NO, IT FEELS SO DYSTOPIAN
ALREADY, RIGHT?
AND WE KNOW -- LOOK, 85% OF
PATIENTS AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD
HEALTH CENTERS COME IN AFTER SIX
WEEKS TO GET ACCESS TO ABORTION
AND THATS NORMAL BECAUSE SIX
WEEKS IS VERY, VERY EARLY IN A
PREGNANCY.
AND SO MOST PEOPLE DONT EVEN
KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT BEFORE
SIX WEEKS.
AND SO NOW YOU ARE CREATING A
UNIVERSE WHERE ANYBODY CAN BE
INCENTIVIZED WITH A PERVERSE
INCENTIVE TO COME IN AND TO
ACTUALLY SAY IM GOING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BECKYS
PREGNANCY AND DID SHE TERMINATE
IT OR NOT AND GO SEEK
INFORMATION IN ORDER TO GET THIS
BOUNTY.
THE TEXAS STATE DOESNT WANT TO
ENFORCE THE LAW.
THATS WHATS SO IMPORTANT HERE.
THEY DECIDED THAT RATHER THAN
ENFORCE THE LAW THEMSELVES, THEY
ARE GOING TO CONSCRIPT EVERY DAY
AMERICANS TO COME IN AND JUDGES