Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison

podcast. Today we're going to look at fallout from the Supreme Court decision, returning

questions of abortion to each individual state. President Biden has said there's not

much he can do. We'll speak to a pro-choice advocate who disagrees and says there's

a lot President Biden can and should do now.

With the Supreme Court decision, returning abortion and policies and decisions about abortion

to the states, there's so much that could be said about it. Certainly, there are many

who believe the federal government should codify abortion and the right of abortion at least

in the early months. There are those who argue rightly that abortion isn't mentioned

in the Constitution and therefore the discussion of rights and policies on that topic are reserved

for the states. Also, I have pro-choice friends who don't typically want government intervention

and so they actually agree with the decision of the federal government to stay out of this

issue even as these same people think that every state should legalize abortion or make

sure it stays legal. And of course, there are those who firmly believe abortion, at least

at certain stages and some who believe at every stage, is taking a life. And I know there

are those whose views have shifted as we know more about the pre-birth period and the

survivability of babies born premature that has increased, of course, over the years.

Even babies born very, very early sometimes survive. Well, it's complicated. I'm not taking

a position on the abortion debate who cares what I think. I'm just trying to bring some

information to light, maybe something that you're not hearing a lot about. And certainly

you can find many facets of this debate, the things that I've touched upon, if you search

for it online, watch TV or read publications. But today I'm going to talk to a pro-choice

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