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PICTURES FROM THE SUPREME COURT
IN WASHINGTON WERE JUST A LITTLE
WHILE AGO, THE HIGH COURT
OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE, THE
FEDERAL LAW FEDERAL LAW
PROTECTING A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
ABORTION. SO THE BIG QUESTION
IS, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
COUNTRY? THE SUPREME COURT ENDS
NEARLY 50 YEARS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR
ABORTION. AS OF NOW, ABORTION
RIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE
DETERMINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL
STATES, BUT ALREADY NEARLY HALF
OF STATES HAVE SAID THAT THEY’RE
GOING TO PASS LAWS BANNING
ABORTION. A NUMBER OF OTHER
STATES HAVE PUT MEASURES IN
PLACE TO REGULATE OR LIMIT THE
PROCEDURE. THE RULING CAME MORE
THAN A MONTH AFTER THE STUNNING
LEAK OF A DRAFT OPINION BY
JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO INDICATING
THE COURT WAS PREPARED TO TAKE
THIS STEP. SO THIS IS WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON THE LOCAL 4 NEWS
HERE AT NOON, WE’RE GONNA BE
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT HERE IN
MICHIGAN NOW THAT ROE VERSUS
WADE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED, AND
THEN WE’LL BE TALKING WITH RIGHT
TO LIFE MICHIGAN ABOUT THE
SUPREME COURT’S DECISION, AND
THEN LATER WE’RE GONNA BE
TALKING WITH GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER ABOUT THE OVERTURNING OF
ROE VERSUS WADE IN THE IMPACT
THAT THAT’S GOING TO HAVE ON THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN, SO YOU’LL
DEFINITELY WANT TO STICK AROUND
FOR ALL OF THAT. BUT FIRST WE
WANT TO GO OUT TO WASHINGTON,
WHERE JACKSON BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. 63
DECISION. CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES
ON THE HIGH COURT STRUCK DOWN
ROE VERSUS WADE FEDERAL LAW,
WHICH PROTECTED WOMEN’S RIGHTS
TO AN ABORTION FOR OVER HALF A
CENTURY. THE SUPREME COURT’S
RULING IS IN REGARDS TO A
MISSISSIPPI LAW THAT BANS ALMOST
ALL ABORTIONS AFTER 15 WEEKS OF
PREGNANCY. TODAY’S DECISION MET
WITH OUTRAGE MY COUNTRY DOESN’T
LOVE ME APPRECIATE MY BODY AS A
WOMAN HURTS. IN CELEBRATION,
ANOTHER JOY THAT IT WAS FINALLY
OVERTURNED. BUT THE
DETERMINATION OF STEALING
DETERMINATION, BUT THE BATTLE IS
NOT OVER. THE HIGH COURT’S
RULING COMES AFTER A DRAFT
OPINION WRITTEN BY JUSTICE
SAMUEL ALITO AND SUPPORTED BY AT
LEAST FOUR OTHER CONSERVATIVE
JUSTICES WAS LEAKED AND THEN
MADE PUBLIC IN MAY, SPARKING
NATIONWIDE RALLIES FROM BOTH
SIDES. LEADING TO FENCING AROUND
THE COURT AND EXTRA PROTECTION
FOR JUSTICE. IS THE LEAGUE ALSO
GIVING ALL STATES A WARNING?
SOME PREPARING TO FIGHT FOR
WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO ABORTION,
OTHER STATES PREPARING FOR
TRIGGER LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT 50
YEARS OF POLICY ABANDONED,
FORCING WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION
TO RETHINK PERSONAL REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE OPTIONS. DEPENDING
ON THEIR HOME STATE. WE’RE
HEARING REACTION FROM LAWMAKERS
ON CAPITOL HILL. REPUBLICANS
HAVE PRAISED HER AS A DECISION,
SAYING THAT IT PROTECTS THE
UNBORN, WHILE DEMOCRATS HAVE
CALLED TODAY’S DECISION,
SOMETHING THAT WILL ENDANGER THE
LIVES OF WOMEN EVERYWHERE.
OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT. I’M
VERY JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS.
ALRIGHT, WE THANK YOU. AND AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE OVERTURNING
OF ROE VERSUS WADE WILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SPECIFICALLY
HERE IN MICHIGAN. FOR THAT WE GO
TO LOCAL FOURS. GRANT HERMES,
WHO JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE
NEWSROOM GRANT. HOWEVER THERE IS
STILL A LOT UP IN THE AIR
LEGALLY HERE IN MICHIGAN, BUT
FOR AT LEAST NOW ABORTION IS
STILL LEGAL IN MICHIGAN. NOW
THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
MICHIGAN’S 1931 SNAPBACK LAW
THAT WOULD CRIMINALIZE ABORTION
THAT’S STILL ON THE BOOKS. BUT
AFTER PLANNED PARENTHOOD SUIT, A
STATE COURT PLACED A HOLD ON
THAT LAW. ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL HAS SAID SHE WILL NOT BE
DEFENDING THAT LAW IN COURT. BUT
ANTI ABORTION GROUPS AND THE
MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE
SET ASIDE MONEY FOR LEGAL FUND
TO DEFEND THE LAW AS GOVERNOR
WHITMER AND MORE THAN A DOZEN
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AROUND THE
STATE HAVE ASKED THE STATE
SUPREME COURT TO INTERVENE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO FAR, THE
COURT HAS NOT TAKEN UP THAT
CASE. THERE ARE SOME OTHER
THINGS HAPPENING, TOO, INCLUDING
A PETITION THAT IS GATHERING
SIGNATURES TO MAKE ABORTION. A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ALONG
WITH PROTECTIONS FOR THINGS LIKE
POSTPARTUM CARE AND
CONTRACEPTION. ANTI ABORTION
GROUPS HAVE CRITICIZED THIS AS
RADICAL UNLIMITED ABORTION
THROUGH THE PETITION. IT WAS
STILL ALLOW, HOWEVER, ABORTION
REGULATIONS BASED ON FETAL
VIABILITY. THE DEADLINE FOR
THOSE SIGNATURES IS JULY 11TH.
THERE’S ALSO JUST THIS WEEK, BUT
A NEW BILL PROPOSED BY STATE
REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KEIRA. THAT
WOULD MAKE ABORTION FELONY
MANSLAUGHTER PUNISHABLE UP TO 10
YEARS IN PRISON SHOULD THE 1931
LAW BE STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURT
IN THAT PETITION, NOT MAKE IT TO
THE BALLOT. THERE’S NO WORD ON
WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE
TAKING THAT UP, HOWEVER. AND
JUST A FEW MORE THINGS TO WATCH
HERE. IN A CONCURRING OPINION
TODAY, JUSTICE THOMAS WRITING
THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD TAKE
SECOND LOOKS AT OTHER LANDMARK
CASES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT
GUARANTEED THE RIGHT TO
CONTRACEPTION, THE LEGALITY OF
SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS AND SAME
SEX MARRIAGE. RIGHT NOW.
MICHIGAN ALSO HAS A BAN ON THE
BOOKS FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE THAT
WAS PASSED IN THE EARLY TWO
THOUSANDS BUT WAS OVERRULED BY
THE SUPREME COURT IN 2015, SO A
LOT TO WATCH HERE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN. EVROD CASSIMY
REPORTING LIVE FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON. GRANT THANK YOU.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL
RELEASED A STATEMENT JUST AFTER
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DOWN AND
IT SAYS IN PART THE OVERTURNING
OF ROE IS NOT JUST A LOSS OF A
RIGHT IT IS THE EROSION OF OUR
STATUS AS EQUAL CITIZENS UNDER
THE LAW. AS A NATION WE TRUST IN
OUR HIGHEST COURT TO HOLD SACRED
THEIR DUTY FREE FROM POLITICAL
WHIM. TODAY’S DECISION SETS A
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IN REVERSING
50 YEARS OF SETTLED LAW THAT
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
WE’RE GONNA BE TALKING LIVE WITH
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER ABOUT
TODAY’S SUPREME COURT DECISION.
BUT THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE
TALKING TO BOTH SIDES OF THIS
ISSUE. AND RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR
FOR MICHIGAN RIGHT TO LIFE.
GENEVIEVE MARTIN. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME. LISTEN. WE KNEW
THAT THIS DECISION WAS LIKELY TO
COME DOWN AFTER THAT DRAFT
OPINION WAS WAS LEAKED. WE KNOW
THAT YOU’VE WORKED WITH ALMOST
50 YEARS TO OVERTURN THIS. WHAT
IS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU
SPECIFICALLY? THIS IS A GREAT
DAY FOR THE ON BORN. THIS IS
AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS OF WORKING
TO RE SECURE LEGAL PROTECTION
FOR THE UNBORN CHILD. THIS IS
THE FIRST STEP GETTING RID OF
THAT FEDERAL RIGHTS TO ABORTION
IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT WAS
NEVER THERE THAT WAS DISCOVERED
AND RETURNING. THE DECISION BACK
TO THE STATES WILL BE THE FIRST
STEP IN ALLOWING STATES TO ONCE
AGAIN PROTECT THE UNBORN CHILD
LEGALLY. WELL SPEAKING OF THE
STATE LEVEL, MICHIGAN IS ONE OF
THOSE STATES WHERE THE COUNTRY
IS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING
HOW WE HANDLE THINGS HERE. WHAT
ARE YOUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD ON
THE STATE LEVEL? WELL AS YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE HAS
BEEN A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS THAT
WERE FILED. THERE IS A TEMPORARY
INJUNCTION ON ENFORCEMENT OF OUR
LAW. UM BUT WE ARE FINDING THAT
LAWSUIT RIGHT TO LIFE OF
MICHIGAN, ALONG WITH THE
MICHIGAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE HAS
FILED UM, FOR HAVING THAT
INJUNCTION OVERTURNED, SO WE ARE
WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE
LEGAL PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY WE
WILL BE ABLE TO REESTABLISH OUR
LAW AND REINFORCE OUR LAW SOON.
OKAY AND THEN ONCE YOU DO DO
THAT, AS YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT
THIS, YOU HEAR THAT ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL AND OTHER
COUNTY PROSECUTORS ARE NOT
PLANNING TO ENFORCE THIS 1931
ABORTION BAN THAT IS IN OUR
STATE HERE. WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THAT? FOR MY
THOUGHTS ARE THAT IF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL DOESN’T WANT TO
DO HER JOB, THEN MAYBE SHE NEEDS
TO BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE IN
NOVEMBER. AND IF COUNTY
PROSECUTORS DON’T WANT TO DO
THEIR JOB, MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE
FACED A CHALLENGER IN THEIR
UPCOMING ELECTION AS WELL. BUT
REMEMBER, WE DO HAVE 83 COUNTIES
AND WE HAVE LOCAL SHERIFFS AND
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS. SO
I’M OPTIMISTIC THAT IF, UM IF WE
CAN’T GET PROSECUTORS TO DO
THEIR JOB, THEY WILL BE UNSEATED
, AND THEY WILL HAVE OTHER LAW
ABIDING PROSECUTORS WHO WILL
TAKE THEIR PLACE. I HAVE TO ASK
OUR COUNTRY OUR STATE CLEARLY
DIVIDED ON THIS ISSUE, AND NOW
EVEN FURTHER. WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE? WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE THINGS GO? WHERE I’D LIKE
US TO GO TO ACTUALLY START
LOOKING AT REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST 50
YEARS, THE SOLUTION THAT WAS
OFFERED BY PRO ABORTION
SUPPORTERS WAS JUST GO ABORT
YOUR CHILD. THEY PITTED WOMAN
AGAINST HER BABY AS A SOLUTION
TO EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION TO
ADVANCEMENT IN THE WORKFORCE,
AND I SAID NO. KILLING THE
UNBORN CHILD SHOULD NEVER BE THE
SOLUTION TO ANY OF OUR SOCIETY’S
PROBLEMS. SO NOW THE HARD WORK
OF REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REAL
SOLUTIONS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE
AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE
WILL BE DOING. NOT TO MENTION WE
HAVE 100 AND 50 PREGNANCY
RESOURCE CENTERS AROUND THE
STATE RIGHT NOW WILLING, READY,
WILLING AND ABLE TO OFFER HELP
WOMEN IN NEED. THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR FROM MICHIGAN RIGHT TO
LIFE, GENEVIEVE MARTIN. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US
THIS AFTERNOON AND REMINDER. I’M
GOING TO BE TALKING WITH
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER TO GET
HER TAKE ON ALL OF THIS COMING
UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT
RIGHT NOW, I DO WANT TO RECAP
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR AFTER 50
YEARS, THE SUPREME COURT HAS
OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE
PLACING THE DECISIONS OF
ABORTION. IN THE HANDS OF THE
STATES FOR MICHIGAN BACK LAW
FROM THE 19 THIRTIES WILL BE PUT
INTO PLACE CRIMINALIZING
ABORTIONS. AND AS I MENTIONED,
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL HAS
ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE DOES
NOT PLAN TO ENFORCE THAT 1931
LAW BANNING ABORTIONS IN A
NUMBER OF COUNTY PROSECUTORS
HAVE STOOD WITH HER AND SAID THE
SAME COMING UP AGAIN. IN ABOUT
THREE MINUTES. WE’RE GONNA BE
TALKING LIVE WITH GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER TO HEAR HER
TAKE ON EVERYTHING. AND THE
LAWSUIT THAT SHE HAS FILED
ALREADY. SO YOU WANT TO STAY
WITH US HERE AT LOCAL 4 THE TOUR
DOT COM FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS
REGARDING THE OVERTURNING OF ROE