Democrats rush to block pathway for national abortion ban

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Democrats are pushing to address an 1873 law they say could be used to create a national abortion ban if Trump wins. Plus, new details on the first presidential debate. And new reporting on what colleagues told the judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Evan McMorris-Santoro, Juanita Tolliver, Tara Setmayer, Amanda Carpenter, Joyce Vance, David Gura, and Peter Spiegel join.

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0:00.0	Tonight Democrats have a new target in the fight to save abortion rights
0:05.0	why they say an 1870s law could lead to a national ban on abortion if Trump wins.
0:11.0	Then exactly one week until the first Biden Trump debate how the
0:15.4	presidents are prepping for their face off. A new reporting on the judge in the
0:19.7	Marlago documents case and new questions about whether she should step aside
0:24.4	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:27.6	Good evening once again I am Stephanie Rule and we are now 138 days
0:39.3	away from an election in which abortion is set to play a defining role.
0:44.7	And now Democrats on Capitol Hill
0:46.4	have a new focus when it comes to safeguarding abortion access,
0:50.1	which they believe will be at risk if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
0:54.8	They are ramping up efforts to repeal the Comstock Act.
0:58.4	This is the law that has been on the books for more than 150 years it is related to materials being sent by
1:06.4	mail that are connected to abortion. It's often referred to as a zombie law because
1:11.0	it remains on the books even though it hasn't been enforced in decades.
1:15.0	The Democratic senator,
1:16.0	Tina Smith, who's co-sponsoring the bill to repeal it,
1:19.0	warned today that Comstock could be used under Trump to crack down on abortion access or ban it altogether.
1:27.8	We have seen a full on frontal attack on women's reproductive freedom and their capacity to control their own bodies and their own lives.
1:34.0	Part of the agenda for this Extreme MAGA party
1:38.0	led by Donald Trump is to use this old zombie law
1:42.0	from 150 years ago
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