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decided all with america's cable company. c-span, 45 years and counting. powered by cable. host: joining us from capitol hill this morning is congressman judy choo from the ways and means committee. your opinion on the abortion ban. guest: it's outrageous and based on a law that was passed before arizona was even a state and before women had the right to vote. so to deprive women the ability to have an abortion when women have had it for 50 years before the dobbs decision and this arizona law is very drastic and doesn't even provide exceptions in the case of rape or incest.

soputs the people of arizona in a terrible position. host: from the arizona preme court ruling, quote, in light of this opinion, physicians are now on notice that all abortions, except those necessary to save a woman's life are illegal. how dou need to save a woman's life? guest: well, this is exactly why she -- why we should not such as this. i spoke to a woman in texas who was carrying a fetus who had abnormalities, they needed an abortion to save their lives. officials were not willing to do it because they thought that this would be considered an abortion, therefore illegal. what determines the question,

including having an abortion for a fetal abnormality, which could actually endanger a woman's life? host: former president donald trump was asked in atlanta about the abortion ban in arizona. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> did arizona go too far? >> they did. it will get straightened out. it's all about states rights, that will be state -- straightened out. i'm sure the governor and everyone else will bring it back into reason and that will be taken care of. >> what about florida? >> florida is probably maybe going change also. it's the people, it's a perfect system. for years, people wanted to end roe v. wade, give it back to the states. we did that, it was an incredible thing. we did that, now the states

habit and the states are putting out what we want, the will of the people. so, florida is probably going to change. arizona is going to definitely change. you are getting the will of the people. it's been pretty amazing, when you about it. host: the former president saying the arizona law goes too far, he predicts arizona will have to change and bring it back to what he says is within reason. guest: trunk goes to where the political winds fall. on the ballot, we know that they have voted on the side of reproductive rate -- rights. we have seen that in states that are very red. like kentucky. trump knows this is a losing issue for him, especially with regards to women and people who care about women.

so, i think that he changed his position, to some extent, by saying it should be states rights. saying look, actions speak louder than words. he has been campaigning on overturning roe v. wade. he was the first president to be in a march for life rally. he has been doing everything possible to get restrictions on abortion, including actually advocating for the 2017 house bill, which would have provided a national abortion ban. his opinions, let me say, our influx.

host: what is the women's health protection act? guest: it would provide the protections of roe v. wade, women in every state regardless of zip code. they would be able to make determinations over her body it would ensure that states could not erode the right. it would make sure that every woman has the right to the supreme court decision. host: has the white house endorsed your decision? guest: president biden said he would sign the bill into law once it passed the house and senate. it passed twice. we look forward to passing it. host: the president has said

that if the american people give him a congress that would approve legislation like yours, roe v. wade would become the law of the land again. here's abc news, major hurdles to the promise, the reality check behind the big abortion promise, taking back the house, reclaiming the majority in the senate, no easy feat, congresswoman, as you know. on top of that, there would certainly be legal challenges to any legislation. when your bill stand up to legal challenges? guest: i believe it stands on strong legal grounds of any court challenge. i know that once we are able to take back the house, i believe that we have the vote. when the votes went out of the house previously, it was the

strongest pro-choice pro-abortion vote ever taken in history of congress. we know it will continue. i believe that abortion is a decisive issue in the united states for this november election in every state, in every congressional election. abortion is top of mind for many women, regardless of their party regardless of independent. it's a fundamental right for every woman, the freedom to decide what to do with her body. host: the women's health protection act passed in september of 2020 one. just one democrat affected, henry cuellar of texas, who

joined every republican to vote against it. nbc says that there are still quiet divisions among democrats on how far to go on legal abortion, which could come to the forum. the president says he wants to restore the rights that existed before dobbs, but many abortion rights advocates believe those rights were too narrow and allowed for state-based restrictions. would you put yourself in that camp? guest: i think the states tried to erode the rights of roe v. wade, they chip away at it, and in fact they passed over 400 state laws that were nonsensical, dictating clinic doors and abortion clinics, saying that physicians had to have admitting rights in hospitals when physicians did not need to have that, requiring very invasive kinds of procedures, like ultrasounds.

those invasive state laws were an attempt to take away abortion rights one by one. that is why i actually introduced the woman's health protection act in 2013. i knew that we could not play whack a mole with these different state laws. instead, we needed to make sure that this right is available in every state and every zip code. host: congresswoman judy chu is with us this morning, democrat of california, it's your turn to ask her about these questions, and any topic and other policy debates. barbara, good morning. caller: i believe that if the woman's life is in danger when she finds out she is pregnant,

that if the doctor, if it is his opinion, she can have an abortion. but i don't believe anything after that, that should be in abortion after that, because that's taking a life and i'm a christian. i feel that's taking a life. i know sometimes kids are women, the woman gets pregnant and the man doesn't care -- what am i trying to say, they are thinking like they are in a trauma, they have an abortion and they regret it the rest of their life. that's how i feel about it. host: congresswoman? guest: kate cox was in texas, pregnant, when her doctor said that her fetus had a genetic abnormality and that the fetus

would not survive, but that also kate cox's future fertility would be endangered and, in fact, possibly her life would be in danger. her doctor actually advocated for her to have an abortion. but the courts would not allow her to do that. at great danger to herself, she had to cross state lines when she was sick in order to have an abortion. her doctor actually agreed with her. yet because these abortion laws have gone to such an extreme level in the antiabortion states, people like kate cox, who simply wanted to have a child, had their life endangered. that is not right. host: we are talking with congresswoman judy chu, democrat of california. here is how you can join the conversation this morning. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000.