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Blue states' abortion bans.
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Oh, man.
Take a seat. Take a seat. Let's get into it.
Take a seat. We got a jam-packed show for you tonight.
We're gonna be looking at all the fallout
from yesterday's big news about Roe v. Wade.
Dulcé Sloan is also here with the lottery.
Michael Kosta is gonna find out if people read the news.
And our guest is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
So, let's do this, people.
Let's jump straight into the big news of the day.
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All right. With the Supreme Court
now seemingly on the brink of striking down Roe v. Wade,
many people are horrified.
Not that women in half the country
would lose their rights over their own body
but rather that this information got leaked.
Which is weird. It's like running around
the deck of the Titanic, trying to find out
who yelled, "We're sinking!"
instead of focusing on the iceberg.
Now, Chief Justice John Roberts
has announced an immediate investigation
to identify the leaker.
But cable news doesn't have time to wait around,
so everyone knows who really did it.
Who did it? That's the question everyone is asking today.
Who's behind the leak?
Was it a clerk? Was it somebody at the copy machine?
-Who done it? -Some left-wing law clerk
angry at the direction the court is going.
I think this was leaked by a liberal law clerk
who is trying to change the outcome of the case.
A lot of people are saying this may have leaked
from a Justice Sotomayor clerk.
If it was a conservative, it might be someone who wants
to keep all the five judges that are on the side
of Alito's opinion in their box there.
Yes, it was a left-wing antifa law clerk
trying to sabotage the court.
Or it was a right-wing MAGA head
trying to lock the decision in place.
Or maybe it was the butler.
It's always the butler.
(laughter)
But while everyone on regular cable channels
was playing the least horny version of Knives Out,
Newsmax had already cracked the case.
(whispers): It was the Black woman.
I find it suspect that the first leak
coming out of the Supreme Court in history
comes shortly after Judge Jackson is confirmed.
She would be my first suspect when it comes to the leak.
And my first suspect for asshole is you.
Is you.
Bravo, Detective. Bravo.
(cheering and applause)
Look at you,
using the tried and true investigative technique
of "the Black person did it."
(chuckles)
And, you know, everyone has theories.
Right? Everyone has theories.
For all we know, it could have been an accident, right?
Th-There are many times that I've gotten drunk
and sent something that should have stayed in drafts, but...
I mean, I guess that doesn't make sense
for the Supreme Court, 'cause, like,
who would have gotten drunk at the Supreme Court?
-You know, it's, uh... -I still like beer.
My man.
-Look, whoever did it, though... -(cheering and applause)
Whoever did it, though,
I'm not surprised it happened.
In fact, I can't believe that this didn't happen earlier.
I mean, have you seen the security
they have at the Supreme Court? It sucks.
The guard outside is literally wearing a blindfold.
It's not gonna help anybody.
And, so, I do get why they're trying to find this leaker.
You know, you don't want this to turn into a trend, all right?
They leak now. They're gonna leak in the future.
It's leaks all the way going forward.
I mean, look. Look at what happened in the world of comedy.
Yeah, one stand-up gets slapped.
Now Dave Chappelle's getting tackled onstage.
Shit.
I had to get a pair of nunchucks just in case.
(laughter and applause)
Try that shit with me.
That's right.
Pop out... Pop out now.
Pop out now. I'm-a show you.
What? What?
Knock myself out before you get to me.
(laughter)
Now, while the Supreme Court
is trying to figure out who the snitch is,
the rest of the country is trying to figure out
what women will be allowed to do with their own bodies.
And while everyone knew
that women in red states were in trouble,
it turns out, thanks to some lazy lawmaking,
there are also two blue states
where women might lose the right to choose.
NEWSMAN: If the Supreme Court does strike down Roe v. Wade
later this spring, all eyes in Wisconsin
would then turn to a 170-year-old law
that's still on the books.
Wisconsin still has a ban on abortion in place from 1849.
It outlaws all abortions except for cases
where a mother's life is at risk.
CHRIS HAYES: In Michigan, the law was passed in 1931,
and it bans abortion unless done to save the life of the person
who is pregnant and contains no exception for rape or incest.
The ban never had to be repealed
because Roe had made it obsolete,
but it is still state law, still on the books.
This is so ridiculous.
If Roe v. Wade goes away,
Michigan and Wisconsin are gonna start using laws
from 1931 and 1849?
Do you understand how crazy-- Think about how many laws,
like, are from back then, huh?
How many laws are we using from back then?
Think about the laws that were even around.
Half of them are about how much corn
you can legally hide in your top hat.
Those are the abortion laws
that are about to come back into effect?
Guys, unused laws shouldn't be a thing that come back.
It-it should be-- They should have, like, an expiration date.
Or, at the very least, states should smell them
every now and again to make sure that they haven't gone bad.
Now, you might be thinking, you might be thinking,
"Well, aren't Michigan and Wisconsin pro-choice?"
Yeah, they are. Big-time.
More than 60% of Wisconsin voters
and at least 70% in Michigan support legal abortion.
But their state legislatures are controlled by Republicans.
Yeah. So you best believe
you're more likely to see Fashion Nova at the Met Gala
than these Republicans repeal those laws.
And so, once again,
the job of protecting Americans
falls to the only people who actually care about them--
corporations.
As women fight for abortion rights,
Amazon says they'll help their employees access
the health care they want.
The company announced on Monday
that it will pay for abortions for employees who need them.
They'll give up to $4,000 a year
to workers who need to travel to other states
to seek medical care.
Other companies like Apple, Citigroup,
Levi's and Yelp have made similar promises to employees.
Wow. That's a big deal.
Yeah. Companies like Apple, Citigroup, and even Amazon
are promising to help their employees travel to other states
if they need to get abortions, which is amazing.
That's really amazing. Usually you only see that kind of offer
when a member of Congress gets his mistress pregnant.
Really powerful.
And considering the political climate right now,
any company wading into controversial
culture war issues, like, they could face serious backlash.
I mean, pro-lifers could start a boycott against Amazon
that could last minutes.
Before they get tempted by a deal on a knockoff Roomba.
And, you know, to be honest, I'm actually surprised
that Amazon is doing this. Yeah.
'Cause it's wild. They'll let employees go to a blue state
before they'll let them use the bathroom.
I mean, that's pretty wild.
But, but they deserve the praise.
In fact, I propose a toast.
Let's all raise
a Gatorade bottle of pee in Amazon's honor.
Hear, hear.
-Mm. -(groaning)
(groans loudly)
Ugh, I thought it was piss. It's Gatorade.
-(groans) -(laughter, applause)
You guys mixed it the wrong way.
So, those are the latest updates
on the fallout of the Roe v. Wade leak
from the Supreme Court.
And while we don't know where this will end,
we do know it's definitely reignited a conversation
about how society treats women's reproductive rights.
Because, you know, what I find interesting is,
if you go online
or if you watch conservative-conservative news,
right, you're bi-- you're bound to find,
like, tons of people saying
that the reason they're against abortion,
the reason, is because they don't want to interfere
with what God has decided.
If you got pregnant,
it's because God wanted you to be pregnant.
And if you can't have kids, that's God's plan, too,
which I understand as an argument.
I really do.
However, I find it interesting
that these same people never use that argument
-when it comes to men. -WOMAN: Mm!
-Yeah, because if you watch... -(applause)
If you watch Fox News
or any of these channels,
they've got ads for erectile dysfunction pills.
Right? Yeah.
How come they never say, "Oh, you can't get it up?
Well, that's God's will."
(cheering and applause)
"I'm sorry."
"Your penis doesn't work anymore?
That's what the Lord wanted."
They never say that. They never say--
Medicine is always encouraged to do whatever it can
to augment men's sexual health however it can.
And if you wo-- if you want to see,
if you want to see just how far medicine
is willing to go for men,
look no further than this story from the U.K.,
where doctors helped a man grow a penis
-on his arm. -(gasping)
NEWSWOMAN: A British man who lost his penis to an infection
has finally had a new one surgically attached
after six years of growing it on his arm.
Doctors even designed a hand pump
that can inflate the penis and produce an erection.
47-year-old Malcolm MacDonald
is the subject of a new documentary called
The Man with a Penis on His Arm.
According to the Daily Mail,
viewers were stunned watching the program last night,
in which Malcolm described the penis
falling out of his sleeve while shopping
and even hitting his loved ones in the face
while he hugged them.
Yeah, this man lost his penis.
And instead of accepting it, doctors figured out a way
to grow him a new one on his arm.
And as hard as it was for him to live like this,
I'm glad that medicine has come so far
that we're basically doing something
that's from the future.
Meanwhile, we want women to live back in 1849, huh?
And by the way, can I also just say
how much I appreciate the title of that documentary?
The Man With a Penis on His Arm.
No. It's simple, it's clear, it's direct.
Yeah, if I see that scrolling on Netflix,
I know exactly what I'm getting.
I know exactly what it is.
(applause)
Unlike Tiger King.
I thought it was the sequel to Lion King starring tigers.
It turns out the real star was meth.
But you see, there's a reason
I'm bringing up this story today.
Right? It's not just for the incredible dick jokes
I could make, no.
Like, obviously, getting an abortion
and getting an arm penis aren't the same thing,
but I do find it emblematic of how differently
men and women's reproductive health is treated.
Women across America will soon lose autonomy
over their own bodies.
And many people are fine with it.
You even see people on TV downplaying the situation.
"So you'll have to carry a baby for nine months
"against your will and then let it destroy your body,
"and maybe you're not ready for this in life,
"or maybe you can't afford it. It's fine.
You can just give it up for adoption after. It's fine."
Meanwhile, a guy loses his dick,
and it's like Liam Neeson is on the case.
I don't care how long it takes.
I don't care what medical innovations
we have to come up with.
We will get your penis back.
Just think about that.
All right, that's it for the headlines.
Let's move on to something that everyone loves.
It's time to check in on today's lottery numbers
-with Dulcé Sloan, everybody. -(applause and cheering)
Hi there.
-Hello! -I'm excited.
Oh, I'm excited.
-Money, money, money, money, money, money. -I'm so excited.
Uh, uh, ah, ah, ah, ah.
What's happening, Dulcé? What's going on?
How are you doing today? How you doing?
Listen, I am doing absolutely great.
You know, blessed and highly favored.
Um, but before we get to the lottery,
can we talk about Ketanji Brown Jackson, please?
Oh, you mean the Newsmax story
where they said they suspect her?
Well, absolutely, 'cause it's like,
everybody knows you don't do dirt when you first start a job.
(laughter)
Like when you first start working with somewhere,
-that's not when you steal. -(laughter) -Huh.
Otherwise, I would have walked out of here
with seven desktop computers.
No, you start stealing when you about to quit,
like that Stephen Breyer dude, you know, the other white,
other white... the white man, uh, of a hundred of 'em.
He's on his way out. He the one that leaked it.
When you quit, that's when you start stealing.
Everybody knows that!
(applause and cheering)
It's an interesting theory.
Listen, I'll give you a prime example, okay?
I used to work for a power company who cannot be named.
And when I was getting ready to quick,
everybody who called me whose lights wasn't on,
I just turned their lights back on.
(applause and cheering)
That-that seems...
Now, listen, is it a felony?
-Maybe. -(laughter)
But am I a good person? Absolutely.
-(applause and cheering) -I'm glad you didn't name them.
I'm glad you didn't name them. All right, well,
-let's-let's do it. Let's get into this lotto. -Okay.
-Let's get into this lotto! -Oh, man, this is exciting.
-All right. -Hey!
Lotto, lotto.
-Lotto, lotto. Ah, ah, ah, ah! -(audience chanting)
-All right. -All right.
B6.
What? No.
No, no. No. Wait.
Dulcé, no, no, no. That's-that's bingo.
I sent you an email saying we're doing lotto, and...
Yo, man, the last time you had me doing this,
the balls didn't have no numbers.
I brought you letters and numbers. Come on, baby!
No, but I sent you an email saying it needs to be numbers,
but, like, it needs to still be lottery.
We talked about this.
You think I'm reading whole emails?
Did you put it in the subject line?
I can't put it all in the subject line.
Then you didn't want me to know the information.
So, if you don't read the emails, what do you read?
Listen, if it's not on Instagram,
-I don't know what's happening. -What do you mean?
I told you the lotto. I even told you about the news.
I put the news in the email.
Listen, I get all my news from this show,
so I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, boy.
A-All right. Um...
Okay, let's-let's-let's see what the next one is, then.
♪ Number lotto, yeah! ♪
I... Is that a line? I-21.
(laughter, whooping)
This-this doesn't, this doesn't help us.
-Okay, I-21... -Wait, hold on. Let me...
I'm-I'm... (laughs) I'm sorry. Um...
Did you say a man
had a penis on his arm?
Yeah, th-they grew a penis for him on his arm.
Okay, what, um... (sighs)
But that's the penis he chose?
Like, if they give you a--
Like, if they finna grow you a new one...
-on your forearm... -Yeah?
Shouldn't it be, like, down to his fingertips?
I-I think it's weird to be worried about the size.
Like, I think if you don't have a penis,
and then someone offers you a penis, I think you should just
-take what you can get. -(laughs)
Listen, there are many times in my life
when I haven't had a penis.
And I promise you, I didn't settle for any one
that just came along. You understand?
You got to have standards, Trevor. Okay?
-You got to love yourself! AUDIENCE: Yeah!
-I-I-I... -Thank you so much. Now, listen,
that's all for me. Uh, you got...
Whoa, whoa, what do you mean, it's all for you? You didn't...
-you didn't give us the numbers. -I'm, I'm so sorry.
I got distracted by the penis, I forgot about the balls.
Dulcé Sloan, everybody.
All right, don't go away.
Cause we're still gonna be joined by the president
of Planned Parenthood. You don't want to miss it.
So I don't get any of the numbers?
(cheers and applause)
NARRATOR (posh British accent): And here, we can see
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Unaware of a predator in the audience.
Waiting to pounce. Waiting for his moment.
It happens in an instant.
CHAPPELLE: Make some noise for hip-hop history.
NARRATOR: The attack is swift.
The Chappelle is down, and the audience member has him,
but, unfortunately, it looks like his attack has failed.
The Chappelle is back on its feet
and the audience member turns and runs,
as the hunter has become the hunted.
The Chappelle's security pursue the person,
and now all hell breaks loose.
CHAPPELLE: Where did that (bleep) Come from?
NARRATOR: Chappelle turns,
looks to make sure he is unscathed,
and prepares his own attack.
CHAPPELLE: I am going to kill that (bleep).
NARRATOR: The audience member has (bleep) around,
and he has also found out.
This is the circle of life.
(cheering and applause)
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
Here at the show, we pay a lot of attention
to what's going on in the news.
But how much are the people outside our studio
following along?
Well, we sent Michael Kosta to find out
for another edition of Fill Me In.
Welcome to Fill Me In,
the game where we put their words into your mouth.
Ugh, that sounded kind of gross.
♪ ♪
Okay, welcome to Fill Me In.
This is a game where you fill in the...
Gaps.
"Gaps." Give me another answer.
A game where you fill in the...
Answers. (chuckles)
"Answers." Another answer.
A game where you fill in the...
Missing links.
-Blanks. You fill in the blanks. -Blanks.
-Do we know who this is? -ALL: No.
All right. Republican... Duh.
-Who looks at this and says "Democrat"? -Yeah.
-Yeah. -Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn.
-Oh, I've heard of him. -You probably...
You probably read his stuff on the blogs you read, huh, Mom?
-(chuckles) -Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn
recently said,
"The Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt
"and is incredibly evil
and has been pushing" blank.
A false narrative?
No, a false narrative is what Russia's been pushing
and Madison Cawthorn here.
Before you guess, it's not cocaine and orgies,
but it is similar because it's also something he made up.
Chicken Kiev?
This is something that Madison
and his fellow Republicans find terrifying
but Democrats describe as just being nice to people.
You do know a lot about American stuff.
It rhymes with "broke."
Smoke.
I'm not sleeping. I'm...
-Woke. Wokeness. -Woke.
-Uh, woke ideology. -Woke.
Woke ideology.
How'd you know that?
-Wow. -Do you believe that Ukraine
-is pushing this woke ideology? -Not so much.
They're pretty busy with the war.
-Huh. -And staying alive.
-Woke ideology. Of course. -Woke ideology. Perfect!
You know, woke ideology, like, uh, what the...
those leftists believe that Russia shouldn't be invading
a sovereign country.
So politically correct.
-♪ ♪ -Ugh, politicians.
For this next round, let's hear it from the real heroes--
movie stars.
Reese Witherspoon recently tweeted...
Let's learn together.
The president?
What's something that, if I said it to you,
you would go, "Ugh"?
Traveling the world?
Traveling the world is interesting.
What's something you want to hear less about?
Going gluten-free?
Here's a hint. It's something that no one actually needs
-but everyone's talking about. -Okay.
And it's not TikTok.
Uh, critical race theory.
-CRT. -'Kay.
It's actually another acronym.
-PBS. -I'm at a party.
I'm trying to, like, hit on you.
I got a bunch of money and I'm like,
"Yo, you should really be getting into..."
-Money art thing. The art... -Money. Keep...
Yes. (laughs)
-It's the money what thing? -The-the art.
Like when-- It's, like, the...
-the digital... -Digital money art thing.
Yes. I am completely drawing a blank.
-My anxiety... -Name a letter!
See, I'm thinking "NGO," and I don't think that's it either.
Kind of sounds like a K-pop band.
(laughs)
-You into K-pop? -I'm totally...
No. I'm old.
The answer...
is NFTs.
It's too bad you didn't get that,
because the prize for getting it
would have been an NFT of a monkey
that would have had you set for life.
We live in a very dumb, dumb, dumb world, huh?
-♪ ♪ -No love for NFTs,
the Beanie Babies of the 2020s.
Time to bring it home in our bonus round,
Guess the Speaker.
Who said...
...when then President Trump asked him what he should do
about North Korea?
Who said that?
-Pence? -Mike Pence?
-Mike Pence. -You are giving Donald Trump
way too much respect
to think that he would ask an actual politician
a policy question.
Think much less qualified.
Can I have hints, please?
He introduces himself like this. "My name is Blank!" Blank.
-RuPaul. -RuPaul actually is qualified
-to handle North Korea. -Okay.
Have you seen Drag Race?
Breaking up arguments, dealing with egos,
disappointment, success.
No.
Think of the least qualified person
that could answer a question about North Korea.
A person who said to Trump "I'm not qualified to answer that."
-Kid Rock. -Well guess what.
-It's Kid Rock! Holy shit! -No way.
♪ My name is Kid, bow, chicka, bucka, bow, bow. ♪
(speaking): ♪ Balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth. ♪
"Balls in Your Mouth."
That's one of his songs. I don't just scream that.
(applause and cheering)
Thank you so much, Michael Kosta.
All right, when we come back, Alexis McGill Johnson,
the president of Planned Parenthood
is joining me on the show, so don't go away.
(applause and cheering)
(cheering and applause)
Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight
is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
She's here to talk about the fight for Roe v. Wade
and protecting women's right to choose.
Please welcome Alexis McGill Johnson.
-♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause)
Welcome.
-Welcome. -Okay. (chuckles)
Thank you.
Welcome to The Daily Show.
Thank you so much for having me.
What a time to have you on.
Um, everybody in the country has been shell-shocked
by what is not an official decision
but, unfortunately, looks like a looming one nonetheless.
As the president of Planned Parenthood,
I know many people are turning to you to say...
What does this mean?
-What does it actually mean on the ground? -Right.
So, right now, it is still a draft opinion.
Uh, on the ground, abortion is still legal.
Uh, and I think that's really important,
because there are people waking up every day
who are going to, uh, health centers
to get access to care.
And there are already enough restrictions out there.
Uh, so we have to remember that this is, uh, a moment
where the final decision isn't in.
What we saw on the ground, as well, yesterday
was, uh, an intense set of-of demonstrations
of the rage that people have been experiencing
over and over again, uh, and the frustration
with seeing their rights being chipped away.
When you... When you look at that
and you look at that fight, do you...
do you ever think that we could do a better job
of maintaining a consistency
in these fights for people's liberties
as opposed to having it be an on-off switch?
Because, you know, I know people have made record donations.
I-I know there are people out protesting, et cetera.
But if you look at conservatives on their side,
it seems like they've been slowly chipping away.
They slowly chip away. They plan way in advance.
They think of which judges to get into which positions,
and now it looks like they're going to reap
-the fruit of their, you know, of their labor. -Yeah.
I'd love to know what you think,
like, people who believe that women should have the right
to choose what they do with their own bodies,
what they should be doing constantly
as opposed to intermittently.
Well, I think you're absolutely right
to locate it, like, in what the long game is, right?
That the-the opposition has spent,
um, 50 years fighting this
but the last 12 years in particular weaponizing.
Gerrymandering, um, in states.
Uh, focusing on-on justices
all the way up to the Supreme Court.
And at every turn, they have tried to, essentially,
take more power in order to take more rights away.
-Mm-hmm. -And it is not just access to abortion
that they're coming for, right?
We heard them openly talk about access to contraception,
marriage equality, interracial marriage.
All the things of how we identify ourselves
and our bodies, um,
is exactly what the long game and the strategy is.
So our long game has to be just as relentless, right?
It has to be just as strategic.
It is not just about being in the streets.
It is about capturing that rage
and-and turning it into, uh, into the midterms.
You know, 2022.
-Right. -We've got to make sure that we're turning people out,
and we also have to think about, you know,
the fact that they have kicked us out of the Constitution.
Right? If-if Roe v. Wade is overturned,
they're essentially saying, "You are not equal.
You cannot control your body."
And, so, if anybody kicks you out of the Constitution,
you got to think about how you're gonna
get yourself back in.
-(cheering and applause) -When you, um...
You know, when you think about this fight,
I think, a lot of the time, people think
about what they can do to stop the other side
or what they can do to fight back
at-at what's happening.
(stammers) I think-- There's one thing that I found
really interesting in particular
between how many conservatives or Republicans think
and then how many Democrats or liberals think
and that is Republicans hold their own accountable
-in an interesting way. -Mm-hmm.
You know, so they go, "Either you're doing this
or you're out of the party."
-Yeah. -And we've seen Trump do that,
-you know, without fail. -Consistently.
Is there something that people could be doing
to put pressure on the Democrats, to say,
"Hey, when we have voted you in,
we need you to solidify what we voted you in to do"?
Yes. Absolutely. Look, there is a bill right now
called the Women's Health Protection Act.
Uh, Leader Schumer has, uh...
will take it up next week again with the, uh, Senate to vote on.
And what the Women's Health Protection Act does
is it codifies Roe.
It's the federal legislation that protects this right,
uh, in-into law.
And, you know, getting people on record, right?
We don't have-- Unfortunately, we need to reform the filibuster
-in order to get it passed. -Mm-hmm.
Uh, but, at the same time,
we are gonna be able to get people on record,
hold them to account, to your point.
And that's our message. Right?
The reason you can't have what you want, even though we have--
80% of people believe that Roe should be the law of the land,
the reason you can't have the things that you want
is because, you know, essentially,
these states have, um, you know--
You have got a vocal minority of people
-who control the levers of power. -Right.
And the only way to change that is through direct democracy.
So we got to fight to get ourselves back into democracy.
We also have to fight to get ourselves back
in the Constitution, and this legislation can help us do that.
Let's talk about this legislation for a moment.
Y-You know, I always get frustrated and confused
by why legislation in America has so many things added in.
It's like a bundle. You know?
Because even this Women's Health Protection Act,
you know, I love the idea of codifying Roe v. Wade.
You go, like, "Let's get women their rights."
But then it adds in a few other things that people can use
as an excuse to fight against.
You know, like, it affects, like, waiting rooms.
And correct me anywhere I'm wrong. It's like it affects
doctors in this way and affects a little thing on this side
and a little thing on that side.
D-Do you sometimes not worry
that when you create, you know, a law,
when you-- when you help lawmakers to-to try
and think of these things,
it-it gives people an out, where they can say,
"Oh, I didn't vote for that because of this,
"not because I want women to have a choice,
"but I didn't like what it did to doctors
or their waiting rooms" or all these other ancillary issues
that are gonna affect people?
Yeah. So, here-here's the state of play right now, right?
We have Roe is the law of the land,
-uh, technically until the-the full decision comes down. -Okay.
And even with Roe being the law of the land,
even with it being enshrined in the Constitution,
states have put restrictions in over and over again, right?
We've got a six-week ban in Texas
-that comes with a bounty hunter provision. -Yes. Yes.
We got a 15-week ban in Florida and Arizona.
We've had laws about, you know, whether or not someone,
um, will need to see the same doctor within a 72-hour period.
-Mm-hmm. -The laws are all about shaming people.
They're about shaming providers. They're about shaming
the patients about the decisions that they want to make
-about their own bodies. -Mm-hmm.
What the Women's Health Protection Act does
is it actually says all of these laws that are getting in the way
of people being able to access the right,
-their federal right, is, um... -Right, right.
...those are laws that are-- that would be banned.
And that's what's important, right?
The fact that-that, even though we have the right right now,
-access itself is so limited. -Mm.
Um, and so that's why we're seeing the outrage right now,
because it has been not only this chipping away of rights
but also a chipping away of access.
Uh, Roe is just, you know, the floor, right?
As my reproductive justice colleagues would say,
-you know? -Wow.
When you look at branding, you know, there's no denying
that any political messaging, any messaging
that's trying to mobilize society has to think
about how it's branded.
When you look at how people approve of,
or what, you know, the polling suggests
about people's support of abortion
throughout the United States, I have noticed
an interesting trend, and that is, it dramatically changes
-depending on how the question is asked. -Correct.
And it changes depending on where you say
the abortion happens or how, so, I think,
you know, the overwhelming majority of people will say,
they are pro, um, a woman having the right to choose,
but in the first trimester.
And then, second trimester, it almost becomes
even maybe flips the other way, and then, you know,
third trimester, it completely flips.
Do you ever worry that maybe Planned Parenthood
and organizations like yours that are fighting
for women's right to choose, do you ever worry
that you may be losing the entire war
because you're not willing to concede
on some of the battles, or do you feel like
you have to go for all of them at once,
even if you risk losing everything?
You know, look, Trevor, no pregnancy,
no two pregnancies ended the same way, right?
I mean, it is the reality that people will make decisions
about their pregnancies, whether or not to continue them,
or to terminate them based on the circumstances
-in their own lives. -Right.
And that is the thing that we really need to understand here.
You know, getting, parsing out weeks in gestation--
that is what the opposition has done.
They try to create these wedges around understanding
what most people want is to not have a politician
in their decision, right?
As, uh, you know?
-(applause) -Right?
You don't want 'em.
You don't want 'em in your exam room.
You don't want 'em in the conversation
with you and your doctor. You don't want 'em
in the conversation with you and your partner, with your pastor.
And at the end of the day, like, that, to me,
-is most the most important, you know, message... -Mm-hmm.
that we need to be sending to people.
The reason why it also needs to be a private decision is
because it's only your business, and so...
-(audience voicing assent) -Right?
-(applause and cheering) -That's it.
Where to from here?
So again, we are... Uh, we'll be standing
with the Senate next week when they take up this vote
to support all of those folks who support access
to abortion, codifying Roe.
We will be channeling all of the rage through 2022.
And then, like I said, you know, we have a long game
that we need to play around what it really means
to have, you know, this federal protection
enshrined in the constitution.
And I think that's really important
because I think a lot about the fact that, you know,
what it means to be a leader at the time,
you know, um, at the end of Roe,
-as the leader of a reproductive rights organization. -Mm.
And I think the question we have to ask ourselves now is,
who are we going to be when we are no longer defending Roe?
How are we gonna reimagine
and create an affirmative vision, right?
Without stigma, the kind of provision
that everyone should be able to have,
the kind of health care they need to have in their own state.
Not getting in a car, driving a thousand miles,
putting your kids in the car, and just to get,
you know, access to basic health care.
You deserve it in the state that you live,
regardless of your race, your class, your ability to pay.
All of those things are really important,
and that's what Planned Parenthood stands for.
That's what all the leaders in the movement stand for.
And we'll be offering that affirmative vision, as well.
-Thank you so much for joining us on the show. -Thank you.
Appreciate your time.
To find a Bans Off Our Bodies rally near you
on May 14, go to BansOff.org.
All right, we're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
-(applause and cheering) -Thanks for coming.
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