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Overturning Of Roe v. Wade One Year Later | The View
Jun 23, 2023 · 6m 57s
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. IT'S FRIDAY, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. TOMORROW IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE. >> Sunny: RIGHT. >> Joy: BY THE SUPREME COURT, AND I REMEMBER A YEAR AGO TOMORROW WE WERE ON A PLANE GOING TO BAHA MAR FOR THE SHOW. REMEMBER THIS, BRIAN? WE HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE PLANE. >> Sunny: WE DID. JOY WAS GOING NUTS. >> Joy: WHEN
I WAS NEXT TO THE EXIT SEAT, I WOULD HAVE THROWN SOMEBODY OUT. I WAS MAD THAT DAY. >> Ana: GOOD THING YOU WEREN'T BECAUSE I WAS SITTING NEXT TO YOU. >> Joy: WE WERE REALLY PISSED OFF. REMEMBER HOW MAD WE WERE? >> Sunny: IT WAS JUST SO SHOCKING. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IMAGINED THAT THE SUPREME COURT WOULD OVERTURN REALLY A PRIVACY RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIVACY
VIA THE CONSTITUTION. >> Joy: WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. SO LET'S WATCH A CLIP OF KAMALA ON THE JOY REID SHOW. >> FROM KANSAS TO CALIFORNIA. RED STATES, BLUE STATES, WE SAW WHENEVER IT WAS IN THE BALLOT IN THE MIDTERMS, PEOPLE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE FREEDOM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT THEIR OWN BODY, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD GIVE US THE MOMENTUM THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR VOTE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL BE RESOLVED BY FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT CODIFIES, WHICH MEANS PUTS INTO LAW THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TOOK A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO
PUT IN PLACE A PROTECTION OF THAT INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY RIGHT THAT ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO. >> Joy: OKAY. IT TURNS OUT THAT DEMOCRATS HAD THE CHANCE AND THEY DROPPED THE BALL UNDER CLINTON WHEN THEY HAD THE NUMBERS, AND IN 2009 UNDER OBAMA. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK VICE PRESIDENT -- I CALL HER KAMALA. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW HER. WHAT MAKES HER THINK THIS IS GOING
TO HAPPEN NOW? >> Sunny: IT'S THE ONLY WAY THROUGH, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE AND THE DOBBS DECISION, AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO CODIFY IT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, AND I THINK SHE'S PROJECTING INTO MAYBE 2024, AND THEY NEED TO DO IT WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I DO THINK THERE WERE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO
CODIFY THIS PRIVACY RIGHT. I LOOK AT IT MORE AS A PRIVACY THING. >> Joy: RIGHT. >> Sunny: BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN. I MEAN, EACH AND EVERY JUSTICE THAT SAT THERE DURING THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SAID, THIS IS NOT ONLY PRECEDENT -- SOME EVEN SAID IT'S SUPERPRECEDENT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS IT STANDS. >> Joy: RIGHT. >> Sunny: IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE
OVERTURNED AND THEY SWORE AN OATH TO THE TRUTH, BUT THEN IT FLIPPED. >> Sara: I THINK THE OPPOSITE RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I KNEW DEMOCRATS KNEW THIS WAS AN ISSUE AND THE FIRST THING THEY ASKED EVERYBODY UP FOR NOMINATION WAS, NOW TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH ROE V. WADE. >> Sunny: THEY WOULD LIE. >> Sara: THEY COULDN'T ANSWER IT. THEY SCUTTLED AROUND
IT AND THE CLOSEST WAS AMY CONEY BARRETT CLARIFYING -- SHE SAID IT WASN'T A SUPERPRECEDENT. >> Sunny: SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS A SUPERPRECEDENT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST HONEST ANSWER. >> Sara: THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WHEN THEY HAD THE VOTES. >> Alyssa: I'M PERSONALLY PRO-LIFE, BUT I BELIEVE IN SOME ACCESS AND SOME LIMITATIONS AND 6 69% OF AMERICANS
THINK IT SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. NOW I SAY THAT BECAUSE NO MAJOR GENERATIONAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION HAS EVER PASSED ON SURELY PARTISAN LINES. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHETHER IT'S THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, MAN ON THE MOON CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM, FOOD STAMPS, SOCIAL SECURITY, ALL WERE DONE ON BIPARTISAN BASIS. THERE HAS TO BE DEMOCRATS MEETING REPUBLICANS OF GOOD FAITH SAYING WHAT IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN WORK AND GET 60-PLUS VOTES IN THE SENATE? I DON'T KNOW THAT CONVERSATION IS BEING HAD, AND WE DID UNDER ROE, OUR LAW OF THE LAND WAS MORE EXTREME THAN MOST OF EUROPE. MOST OF EUROPE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 14 WEEKS, 20 WEEKS, SPAIN, 14 WEEKS. I THINK THERE IS A PLACE FOR SOME DEGREE OF CONSENSUS THAT REPRESENTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY. >>
Joy: THEY'RE TRASHING EUROPE, AND NOW THEY HOLD THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS? >> Ana: SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE IN SPAIN FOR EXAMPLE, OUTLAWED, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T MAKE DIVORCE LEGAL UNTIL MUCH LATER BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A TIE WITH CATHOLICISM. IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. LOOK. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BLAMING DEMOCRATS FOR THIS,
AND THEY MAY HAVE DROPPED THE BALL, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHERE WE ARE ARE THE REPUBLICANS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THOSE JUDGES THERE, AND WHO HAVE MADE THIS AN ISSUE FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS. I THINK EVERYBODY HAD LET THEIR GUARD DOWN. I THINK EVERYBODY -- >> Sunny: YES. >> Ana: -- THOUGHT THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S A POLITICAL
ISSUE, AN ELECTION ISSUE, BUT THIS DOG IS NEVER GOING TO CATCH THE BUS. >> Joy: THAT WAS ALITO WHO WAS THE ONE, RIGHT? >> Sunny: WHO WROTE THE MAJORITY? >> Ana: YOU AND WHOOPI IN PARTICULAR KEPT TELLING US OF THE HORRORS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU LIVED THROUGH A TIME WHEN IT WAS ILLEGAL AND YOU SAW THE BACK ALLEY ABORTIONS AND, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNEW PEOPLE WHO'D GONE THROUGH IT AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR ARE HORROR STORIES. THE 10-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Ana: THIS WOMAN IN FLORIDA WHO WAS MADE TO CARRY A CHILD WITH NO KIDNEYS TO TERM, AND THEY HAD TO HOLD IT FOR 90 SECONDS -- 90 MINUTES AS IT GASPED FOR AIR. SHE KNEW THAT BABY WAS GOING TO
DIE, AND I THINK THESE STORIES ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE HORROR STORIES YOU WARNED US ABOUT HAVE COME TRUE. ALL OB/GYNs HAVE SAID IT'S LED TO HIGHER MATERNAL DEATHS AND IT'S NOT A GOOD POLITICAL ISSUE. >> Joy: THAT'S MY QUESTION. DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO HARM THE REPUBLICANS IN 2024? >> Ana: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HARM THEM. >>
Joy: HOW MUCH WILL IT HARM THEM? >> Ana: THEY'VE LOST IN KANSAS. >> Sara: THEY'VE LOST IN RED STATES. >> Ana: RON DeSANTIS PASSED A SIX-WEEK LAW AND SIGNED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >> Sara: I WANT TO CLARIFY. I'M NOT BLAMING THIS ON THE DEMOCRATS, BUT I THINK TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE, THAT DEFINITELY THE RIGHT AND THE FAR RELIGIOUS RIGHT
HAVE KEPT US HERE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT FOUGHT FOR THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, BUT MY FRUSTRATION IS ALL POLITICIANS PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT TO WEAPONIZE AGAINST THE OTHER SIDE, THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Sara: AND NEVER SOLVE IT FOR THE ACTUAL PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT PISSES ME OFF -- UPSETS ME A LOT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Joy: AND WOMEN
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