{"id":706441,"date":"2021-09-01T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706441"},"modified":"2021-09-01T13:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T17:05:26","slug":"the-sky-is-falling-jeffrey-toobin-says-doom-is-coming-for-roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-sky-is-falling-jeffrey-toobin-says-doom-is-coming-for-roe-v-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Sky Is Falling\u2019: Jeffrey Toobin Says \u2018Doom Is Coming For Roe v. Wade\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-sky-is-falling-jeffrey-toobin-says-doom-is-coming-for-roe-v-wade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CNN contributor Jeffrey Toobin, infamous for masturbating on a Zoom call but retaining his position at CNN, claimed that the \u201csky is falling\u201d and that \u201cRoe v. Wade no longer exists\u201d as he reacted to news that a pro-life Texas law has gone into effect.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019 highly disputed abortion ban <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/01\/texas-taliban-abortion\/\">went into effect<\/a> early Wednesday morning, uninhibited by any action from the Supreme Court. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/01\/texas-taliban-abortion\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Texas Taliban\u2019: Abortion Law Is As Bad As Literal Terrorists, According To Liberal Activists)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abortion providers had filed emergency requests to block the enforcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/bill\/SB8\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/bill\/SB8\/2021&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630594593962000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFnPWNfZQkXOWUWbhUIGdtn-w0dA\">Heartbeat Act<\/a>&nbsp;(S.B. 8), which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/texas-abbott-signs-heartbeat-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/texas-abbott-signs-heartbeat-act\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630594593962000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAYTgTqFkSTy6Kim7eJT9M_pQKEQ\">bans<\/a>&nbsp;abortions after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/greg-abbott-roe-v-wade-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/greg-abbott-roe-v-wade-texas\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630594593962000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjTG5_nUl0ifOSB8GZGDeRa9Zb8A\">unborn baby<\/a>\u2018s heartbeat can be detected. The Supreme Court did not intervene, though it still may do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a peculiar situation designed to create legal complications,\u201d Toobin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/toobin-proclaims-the-sky-is-falling-over-texas-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-no-longer-exists\/\">said Wednesday morning on CNN<\/a>. \u201cIt is not the state of Texas that enforces the law the way it works in most states \u2014 the way it works in most states, the way it works in every state \u2014 it\u2019s the system of private enforcement, \u2018private attorneys general\u2019 it\u2019s called, and what this difficulty it\u2019s created is that it\u2019s unclear who the abortion provider should sue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually, you just sue the state government and the court issues an injunction on state government don\u2019t enforce the law. With no single enforcer of the law, there is this procedural problem that abortion providers have that it is unclear who they\u2019re supposed to sue,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s creating this legal tangle, separate from the issue about the abortion law, but the effect is that this law is now in effect and Roe v. Wade essentially does not exist, at least in the state of Texas and probably more in states to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CNN contributor added that he and other commentators have been accused of \u201cbeing chicken little\u201d when they say that Roe is about to be overturned. \u201cThe sky is falling,\u201d he added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/10\/jeffrey-toobin-cnn-masturbation-zoom-call\/\">(RELATED: Jeffrey Toobin Returns To CNN For First Time Since Being Fired From New Yorker For Jerking Off On Zoom Call)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toobin previously came under fire for allegedly trying to pay his former girlfriend Casey Greenfield to abort their baby, sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/gossip\/baby-drama-cnn-star-jeffrey-toobin-offered-casey-greenfield-money-abortion-sources-article-1.446944\">told<\/a> the New York Daily News in May 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Greenfield and Toobin carried on a secret relationship on and off for about 10 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/19\/nyregion\/in-casey-greenfields-personal-custody-fight-the-makings-of-a-public-expert.html\">according to The New York Times<\/a>, and Greenfield told the publication that Toobin initially questioned his paternity of the child, did not want to submit a paternity test, and said he would not take responsibility for the baby unless he was sure it was his.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one time you really don\u2019t want to get pregnant is when you\u2019re single and the other person is married and you\u2019re working as a first-year junior associate at a law firm in a hard-core phase of trying to prove yourself to them,\u201d Greenfield told the Times in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The baby, Roderick Henry Greenfield, was born in March 2009, the Times reported. Greenfield sued Toobin for child support and for&nbsp; custody of the baby and he ultimately agreed to a paternity test confirming he was the father.<\/p>\n<p>Toobin did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN contributor Jeffrey Toobin, infamous for masturbating on a Zoom call but retaining his position at CNN, claimed that the \u201csky is falling\u201d and that \u201cRoe v. 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