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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. &nbsp;

The
 ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
 In anticipation of the decision, several states led by Democrats have 
taken steps to protect abortion access.&nbsp;

Constitutional attorney Andrew Lieb has analysis on the decision. &nbsp;

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Constitutional attorney Andrew Lieb has analysis on the decision.  

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Constitutional attorney provides analysis of Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade  

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more reaction and analysis to this major Supreme Court decision. Now joining us once again this afternoon, Constitutional Attorney Andrew Lieb joining us now this afternoon after another major decision by the Supreme Court. So Andrew not really a surprise considering that memo was leaked. But what were your thoughts when you heard this decision come down today? I think what's most interesting is if you tie this opinion and the one yesterday on guns is how constitution is going to be analyzed moving forward, they really put in here that it's about the history when the claws came about. That's one thought. The second one is we're not sure now what precedent means because Casey was upholding roe based on precedent. So what other rights are in jeopardy moving forward? That's what I'm hoping to speak with you about you. I know we have a few opportunities to chat about this. So what this means for contraception, same sex marriage will get into that. But first, as we begin here at the top of the hour, people are hearing about this decision. They're seeing it on social media and joining us now to learn more. Can you break this down for us? I know there's so much to get into. But what does this decision mean for people today? Well, I want to start off with what the first line of the opinion says because I think it's very important and they say abortion presents a profound moral issue on which americans heart hold sharply conflicting views. They understand that as you mentioned with what's going on at planned parenthood right now. But what they should know is that this court does not say whether states can have laws permitting or prohibiting abortions. All they say is that we do not have a fundamental constitutional right to an abortion as we had thought we had for the last 50 years. They're leaving it up to the states and and we're hearing that potentially 26 states, half of the nation could move to ban abortions under this move by the Supreme Court. Actually, the opinion itself says, as you say, 26 states asked the Supreme Court to permit them to ban abortion. So we know that's going to happen and we have laws called trigger laws that are already on the books in many of these states that are effective as of this moment. So moving forward, you know, we heard, we heard or hearing from politicians, they're taking immediate action on this. What can they do to protect women's rights? You know, Governor Kathy huckle already moving to do that when we saw this leak initially weeks ago. Well, we can start with each state is free to put whatever they want in their personal state constitution. They can also enact legislature. But I want to point out an interesting case going on in florida in florida. They're moving forward with a case that says, hey, we might not be able to sue under the due process clause, which this case just struck down. But there's jewish people in florida and a congregation that are arguing their free exercise of religion is being jeopardized now because in the jewish religion, the health of the mother trumps out of a baby. And that's an interesting new angle that has not been litigated before. So we may be before the Supreme Court again. Well, Andrew, we've got a lot to cover for sure. So we are going to check back in with you in a few minutes. Thank you for your time once again today.

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