Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the East. Happy Friday coming up this hour and event with

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC. On reproductive

rights, it is just ahead of the one year anniversary of the earthquake that completely upended

women's health and American politics. Of course, we're talking about the Supreme Court

ruling overturning Roe versus Wade and eliminating abortion access and abortion rights for millions

of American women. Looking back, it is hard to understate the legacy that dobs decision.

First, there is, of course, the ruling's near immediate impact on women and reproductive

health care in America. New York Times reports this in the year since Roe fell,

20 states enacted laws banning or restricting abortion, forcing a rapid shift in the country's

patchwork of abortion access. At least 61 clinics, plan parenthood facilities and doctors offices

stopped offering abortions in the last year. Most were in the 14 states that banned abortion outright,

but the uncertainty surrounding laws in several other states also caused providers there to shut

down. All of it has sparked a political backlash that ended up being nothing short of a paradigm shift.

The anger felt by many voters in the wake of dobs blunted a much belly-hood red wave in the

2022 midterm elections. This in your Times reports in the year since, polling shows that what

had been considered stable ground has begun to shift. For the first time, a majority of Americans

say abortion is morally acceptable. A majority now believes abortion laws are too strict.

They are significantly more likely to identify in the language of polls as pro-choice over pro-life

for the first time in two decades. And more voters than ever say they will vote only for

candidates who share their views on abortion with a twist. While Republicans and those identifying

as pro-life have historically been most likely to see abortion as a litmus test, now they're less

motivated by it while Democrats on the other hand, and those identifying as pro-choice are far

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