#119: The New Battle for Reproductive Rights
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court and many are fearing that this will lead to an overturn of Roe v. Wade. Maria and Julio talk to Tannia Esparza, executive director of the organization Young Women United, and Regina Mahone, VP/managing editor of Rewire.News about the impact of reproductive rights restrictions on women of color. Want to read more?
What will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned? The Washington Post explains.
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| 0:00.0 | If you ask somebody if they're pro-life or pro-choice, they're going to give you one or the other. |
| 0:04.5 | But if you ask, do you believe that women and families should make decisions about their whole entire lives, |
| 0:10.5 | including abortion for themselves alongside their families, they'll say yes. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, welcome to In the Thick, this is a podcast about politics, race, and culture from a POC perspective, |
| 0:26.0 | and this week actually, from a particular WOC perspective. |
| 0:31.0 | Ooh, I'm Maria Injo Rosa. |
| 0:33.0 | And I'm Julio Vicalo-Barela and you have me intrigued. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, yeah, you know, W-O-C, women of color, because joining us from Albuquerque, New Mexico is Tanya Esparsa, she's Executive Director of Young Women United. |
| 0:44.4 | Hey Tanya, |
| 0:45.2 | Hi, Buenos Aires. |
| 0:47.2 | And in our Harlem studio, we have Regina Mahone. |
| 0:50.2 | She's Vice President and Managing Editor of Rewire. News. |
| 0:54.4 | What's up Regina? |
| 0:55.6 | Hello. |
| 0:56.6 | Hello. |
| 0:57.6 | Okay, so we're going to talk about reproductive rights, really for women of color. |
| 1:02.0 | And at the end of June, well, there was this bombshell that happened. |
| 1:07.0 | Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, |
| 1:09.6 | often the key swing vote for reproductive rights, basically shocked the entire world by |
| 1:14.9 | saying that he's retiring at the end of July and actually like what is the |
| 1:19.2 | backstory of why Justice Kennedy decided to step down right now. But what we do know is that during |
| 1:26.1 | Trump's campaign, he promised to nominate a conservative justice who would in fact overturn |
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