(2013/07/10) No womb is safe (Reproductive Rights)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 10 July 2013
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #734
No womb is safe
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: How Obama Is Handling Plan B - Dan Savage - Air Date 5-7-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Halo - LP
Ch. 4: Act 2: Mississippi Might Jail Women for Doing THIS? - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-24-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Obey - Lord Brigo
Ch. 6: Act 3: Republican Still FAILS To Understand Rape and Pregnancy - The Young Turks - Air Date: 06-17-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: The magic piper (of love) - Edwyn Collins
Ch. 8: Act 4: Texas' Theoretical Progressive Future is Suddenly a Reality - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 06-26-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Texas Special Session Blues: I'm Just a Bill Remix - - YouTube User Bad Bill
Ch. 10: Act 5: Texas GOP unleashes political quackery on women’s reproductive rights - Jim HIghtower - Air Date: 7-10-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Democracy - Leonard Cohen
Ch. 12: Act 6: More Evidence of Texas Turning Blue - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 06-27-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Blue (Da ba dee) - Eiffel 65
Ch. 14: Act 7: No womb is safe - UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman
Ch. 16: Act 8: Abortion stories to watch outside of Texas - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 07-01-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: You're a wolf - Sea Wolf
Ch. 18: Act 9: How the Ohio abortion restrictions affect your vagina - YouTube User mikepolkjunior - Air Date: 7-7-13
Ch. 19: Act 10: War on Women Carries On in Ohio - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-02-13
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Ch. 21: A clarification on nuance - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
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http://www.texastribune.org
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:04.8 | For details visit the membership tab at bestableleft.com. |
| 0:08.1 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast with Cups today from Dan Savage, |
| 0:12.1 | the David Pakman show, the Young Turks, the Rachel Maddo show, Jim Hightower, Citizen Radio |
| 0:16.4 | and YouTube user Mike Polk, Jr. |
| 0:18.6 | And a note to our female listeners, please make sure to get the permission of your husband, |
| 0:22.1 | father or other male guardian before listening to this episode as you should do before doing |
| 0:26.8 | anything because God said so. |
| 0:30.0 | First of all, good news. |
| 0:31.6 | Team pregnancies are right now. |
| 0:34.1 | Team pregnancies almost always being unplanned pregnancies and on web pregnancies. |
| 0:38.2 | Team pregnancies at their lowest rate in 40 years. |
| 0:42.8 | No thanks, of course, to the politicians, the Republicans, to the conservatives, to the nuts, |
| 0:48.8 | to the science haters, to the sex foes, who've done all they can to drive the team pregnancy |
| 0:53.8 | rate up by doing what? |
| 0:55.1 | By blocking access to birth control and abortion, but to birth control. |
| 0:59.8 | But team pregnancies lowest rates in 40 years and the abortion rate has not gone up in that time. |
| 1:04.6 | What this point and the rate of sexual activity among teenagers has not dropped, |
| 1:08.4 | what this point to is increased access to contraception has brought the team pregnancy |
| 1:12.6 | rate down, down, down. |
| 1:14.4 | Greater access to contraception brings the team pregnancy rate down. |
| 1:17.9 | Who knew, right? |
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