157: Mini Timmaraju, President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All

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🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Reproductive rights are under attack all over the country and will be one of the most important issues in the election this November. Abortion bans and limits on reproductive help are extremely unpopular and could be bad news for the Republicans enacting them. This is a must listen for reproductive rights!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, we got a great one today.
0:07.0	You know, finally.
0:08.9	What am I saying?
0:09.8	Last week we had a great one.
0:11.7	I just can't remember who that was.
0:14.0	But this week, this week, holy mackerel, we have Minnie Timurajou, the president and CEO of Reproductive
0:20.5	Freedom for All, formerly NARAL, and president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly
0:21.8	NARAL, and their new name, Reproductive Freedom for All, says it all, but not really.
0:28.3	If you think that Dobbs just affects abortion, turns out that men and women who want to become
0:35.3	gynecologists are heading to medical schools in pro-choice
0:39.2	states. And when they graduate, of course, choose not to practice in states like Texas,
0:45.3	where Kate Cox, who was pregnant with a non-viable fetus, had to leave Texas to get an abortion.
0:53.3	So women in those states where abortion is illegal
0:57.1	or legal up to six weeks, say,
0:59.8	they are hard-pressed to find care for all kinds of other gynecological issues,
1:05.6	screening for different kinds of lady cancer.
1:08.8	Can I say that, Peter?
1:10.3	I don't think that's a great idea.
1:13.9	Okay. Why not just say ovarian cancer or cervical cancer? Yeah, that's what I meant. What I'm
1:20.5	trying to say is that Dobbs has had an effect on women's access to other kinds of
1:26.7	gyneological care.
1:29.1	Anyway, Minnie's terrific.
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