Carter Sherman

The second threat that I'm following was actually mentioned in this most recent Supreme Court ruling.

There are two dissents in this case.

One of them was written by Samuel Alito and the other was written by Clarence Thomas.

These are two of the most hardline right wing people on the Supreme Court, and they have a track record of citing against abortion rights.

They both, in fact, joined the conservative majority in overturning Roe v. Wade.

So I want to start, Kai, by asking you to read from Alito's descent.

If you can give me your best Samuel Alito here.

I am so sorry.

Can you believe these women being enabled?

I am going to thank Samuel Alito for reminding us what Mifepristone is because, again, it's confusing.

And I will just translate what he just said because it's dense.

It's legal easy.

Remember, this was a case that was brought out of Louisiana, a state that has banned virtually all abortions.

In this operation, quote unquote, that Alito was talking about, he is talking about the exact kind of operations that are run by people like Dr. Angel Foster and her colleagues.

Dr. Foster and I talked about this a little bit, but her work is made possible entirely by the existence of this novel legal strategy called shield loss.

Right.

Exactly.

And in some of these states, including New York, including Massachusetts, including California, they have specifically said that it doesn't matter where the abortion patient is located.

So if I am an abortion provider in New York City and I never leave the boundaries of my state and I mail an abortion pill to someone in, say, Texas, I can still be protected by the SHIELD law, at least in theory, because a New York official is not going to assist Texas if they try to come after me and try to prosecute me.

I mean, we've already started to see it.