THEY DID IT IN GEORGIA WITH THE SIX WEEKS AND THEY DID IT IN
ALABAMA.
ALABAMA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMY KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
MANY OTHER 2020 DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES WERE QUICK TO
DENOUNCE THE BILL, CALLING IT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND AN ATTACK
ON WOMEN AND SOME SPOKE ABOUT
ABORTION RIGHTS GENERALLY.
>> LET US ALL AGREE THAT WOMEN’S
HEALTH CARE IS UNDER ATTACK AND
WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO OVERTURN
ROE VS. WADE.
THAT’S WRONG WITH WE WILL FIGHT
BACK.
BACK. WE’LL FIGHT BACK.
>> IT’S NOTHING SHORT OF AN
ATTACK ON WOMEN’S BASIC HUMAN
AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOMETHING
THAT WOMEN OF AMERICA WILL HAVE
TO FIGHT AGAINST WITH EVERYTHING
THEY’VE GOT.
THEY’VE GOT. >> DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR
COLEMAN.
COLEMAN. CONTRIBUTOR FOR "TIME" MAGAZINE
AND PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL
LAW AT ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL OF LAW.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
WHAT ARE THEY UP TO DOWN IN
ALABAMA?
ALABAMA? THE REPUBLICANS.
THE REPUBLICANS. >> THEY ARE UP TO DESTROYING THE
STATE OF ALABAMA AND DESTROYING
THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY.
TRYING TO TAKE WOMEN’S RIGHTS
AWAY FROM US.
IT’S SO UNFORTUNATE WHEN YOU
LIVE IN A STATE WHERE WE ARE AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST FOR
EVERYTHING THAT’S GOOD AND AT
THE TOP FOR EVERYTHING THAT’S
BAD.
BAD. HERE’S A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR
THE WOMEN OF ALABAMA AND WOMEN
OF THE COUNTRIES THAT THESE
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS AND THESE
MEN WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS
TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT’S BEST
FOR OUR HEALTH CARE AND OUR
BODIES AND WITH OUR OWN DOCTORS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT?
THINKING ABOUT? IS THIS A CULTURE WAR FIGHT OR
REALLY WIN IT?
DO THEY WANT PROHIBITION SO A
GIRL OR A WOMAN GETS PREGNANT
AND DECIDE THEY DON’T WANT TO
CARRY TO TERM AND THEY HAVE NO
RIGHTS AND MUST LEAVE TO GO TO
NEW YORK OR LOUISIANA?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
>> IF THEY LEAVE ALABAMA, THEY
COULD BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION
ALSO.
ALSO. THE GOAL IS TO TAKE IT TO THE
SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN ROE V.
WADE.
WADE. THAT IS THE GOAL.
SHE SAID IT OVERAND OVERAGAIN.
IT’S SAD WITH A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT PAT ROBERTSON
SAID IT WENT TOO FAR.
WE HAVE NO EXCEPTION FOR INCEST
AND RAIN.
AND RAIN. THAT’S UNCONSCIONABLE.
THAT’S UNCONSCIONABLE. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THUS GOES
ALABAMA, THUS GOES THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DID
THIS?
THIS? >> I DON’T THINK THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ALABAMA HAS
BEEN BATTING THAT GREAT OF AN
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE. YOU LOOK AT HOW THEY MANAGED TO
LOSE THE REPUBLICAN-HELD SENATE
SEAT TO DOUG JONES.
THIS IS MORE PAR FOR THE COURSE.
THIS ISSUE WHILE TEMPORARILY IT
MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD,
DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCE OF
GETTING ROE V. WADE OVERTURNED
AND BANNING ABORTION IN THIS
COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE POLITICALLY
PALATABLE.
PALATABLE. >> LIKE A GUY IN A BAR AS HE
PUTS HIS ARMS BACK TO BE PULLED
BACK.
BACK. DO THEY WANT PROHIBITION OR WANT
TO TAKE THE FIGHT?
>> THE GOP HAS BEEN CYNICAL AND
NAVIGATED THE LINE OF EXPLOITING
PRO LIFE VOTERS WHO ARE FED UP.
POLITICALLY THE LEADERSHIP WOULD
NEVER GO QUITE THAT FAR.
DO I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY’S LEADERSHIP HAD ENOUGH
SENSE TO NAVIGATE THE LINE.
>> EXCUSE ME.
DO THEY WANT THE WIN OR THE
FIGHT?
FIGHT? >> THEY WANT THE FIGHT.
>> WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN?
IT SEEMS TO ME THE GOVERNOR
SIGNED IT TODAY, BASICALLY
PROHIBITION.
PROHIBITION. IS THAT EFFECTIVE?
>> THE LAW HAS A SIX-MONTH PHASE
IN.
IN. THERE IS A START UP PERIOD
BEFORE IT’S LIVE AND LIT GAPTS
RUSH TO COURT AND UNDER EXISTING
LAW IT IS CLEAR AS A BELL THAT
THIS IS OUN CONSTITUTIONAL.
THE INJUNCTION SHOULD BE AFFIRM
AND THE STATE PETITIONS THE
SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW IT.
THAT COULD TAKE MORE THAN A
YEAR.
YEAR. >> DOES CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN
ROBERTS TO AVOID BEING HATED, TO
SOME EXTENT IT’S POPULARITY.
DOES HE WANT TO KNOW AS THE GUY
WHO BRINGS DOWN ROE?
>> HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE
COURT AS AN INSTITUTION
ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING HITS IN
AN ELECTION YEAR.
>> HERE DIDN’T WANT TO BRING
DOWN OBAMACARE.
DOWN OBAMACARE. >> HE PULLED THE COURT BACK FROM
THAT.
THAT. HE DOES HAVE A UNIQUE CONCERN,
BUT HE HAS BEEN A VOTE AGAINST
ROE VS. WADE.
>> KAVANAUGH AND GORSUCH OWNED
BY THIS PRESIDENT?
DO THEY HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST ROE
V. WADE SOME.
>> THEY ARE INDEPENDENT JURIST,
BUT THEY HAVE A YOU THAT LINES
THEM UP AGAINST ROE VS. WADE.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN
DOWN THERE.
DOWN THERE. YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL
TAKE EFFECT AND NOT JUST BE BAD
OR SKYEY POLITICS.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I THINK NOT ONLY ALABAMA, BUT
THE SOUTHERN STATES ARE
EMBOLDENED RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE KAVANAUGH
HEARINGS, HE DIDN’T SAY HOW HE
WOULD PROTECT ROE.
WHAT WE ARE AFRAID OF IS IF THIS
GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT AND
ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED,
ABORTIONS WILL HAPPEN IN BACK
ALLEYS IN UNSANITARY AREAS.
THAT’S THE FEAR.
THE MEN NEED TO STAY OUT OF OUR
WOMBS AND ALLOW WOMEN TO MAKE
THE BEST DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES AND WE ARE MAD ABOUT
IT AND WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
EVEN WITH THE GOVERNOR SIGNING
THIS BILL TODAY.
WE ARE GOING LET PEOPLE KNOW
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WE ARE NOT
GOING TO STAND FOR IT.
YOU NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE
STATE OF ALABAMA.
NOT JUST THIS ISSUE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND MAKE SURE
THE PUBLIC GETS ACTIVELY
ENGAGED.
ENGAGED. >> WE HAVE TO TRUST WOMEN TO
MAKE THIS DECISION.
>> AMEN!
>> AMEN! AMEN!
AMEN! >> ON THE LOSING SIDE.