Supreme Court declines to block abortion ban in Texas
Tonight on the Last Word: Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the Texas abortion ban now in effect is the single most insane law written about abortion in the Republicans' decades-long quest to overrule or circumvent Roe v. Wade. The former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards and Legal Correspondent Dahlia Lithwick discuss how women in Texas will be affected. And House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff analyzes why House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is threatening telecommunications companies not to cooperate with the congressional investigation of January 6th. Plus Marine Combat Veteran Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) and Pres. Carter’s Former Speechwriter James Fallows talk about the Republican fictions about Afghanistan. And Idaho State Rep. Ilana Rubel (D) discusses how some Republicans are trying to make Idaho’s Covid surge even worse.
