(2017/0425) Trump and Republicans take aim at women (Reproductive Justice)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 25 April 2017
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #1098
Today we look at the current state of abortion politics here and abroad and explain how the Republicans intend to hurt women and increase the number of abortions worldwide by ignoring science and humanity
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Education and contraception bring abortion rates as low as 1973 - Savage Love w: @FakeDanSavage - Air Date 1-31-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Thanks, Birth Control: The Song - bedsider
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Story Behind the Mexico City Policy - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Bury the Past - Professional Victims
Ch. 6: Act 3: Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Likely to Increase Abortions - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 02-03-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Mandy Goes to Med School - The Dresden Dolls
Ch. 8: Act 4: Where abortion is illegal - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 3-30-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Luriana Lurilee - Ben McElroy
Ch. 10: Act 5: Mike Pence Casts Tie-Breaking Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-31-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Beneath the Lies - Abscondo
Ch. 12: Act 6: Protect #ReproductiveRights at the State Level via @PPact @ReproRights @AllAboveAll - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 14: Act 7: Beyond Choice to Reproductive Justice - @Making_Contact - Air Date 4-12-17
Voicemails
Ch. 15: Understanding human interactions - Alan from Connecticut
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 16: Final comments on how the Science of "Blue Lies" May Explain Trump's Support
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Get involved with Planned Parenthood Action Fund and follow @PPact
Get involved with The Center for Reproductive Rights and follow @ReproRights
Get involved with All Above All and follow @AllAboveAll
EDUCATE YOURSELF
State lawmakers rush to protect funding for Planned Parenthood (PBS Newshour)
Minnesota House backs ban on state dollars for abortion (StarTribune)
Governor Bullock lets Montana abortion bill become law (Missoulian)
Women march outside as abortion bill debated inside (The State Journal-Register)
Trump Signs Law Giving States Option To Deny Funding For Planned Parenthood (NPR)
Why is Planned Parenthood popular? And if it's defunded, could any other organization fill the gap? (LA Times)
Who's Popular and Who Isn't? (NBC News)
The EACH Woman Act (Congress.gov)
Women's Health Protection Act (Congress.gov)
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| 0:53.3 | The David Pakman show, Papa Ganda from Ditch Media, The Young Turks, and Making Contact. |
| 1:05.4 | According to a new study from the Gootmacher Institute, abortion is at its lowest levels since a Supreme Court found that women were citizens, that they own their own bodies, |
| 1:13.6 | and that the Constitution protected a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices, including the right to terminate a pregnancy, |
| 1:20.1 | which is the Supreme Court found way, way back in 1973, 1973. |
| 1:23.3 | Abortion rates right now, as low as they were in 1973. |
| 1:27.5 | And it's not abstinence education, which numerous studies and the Palin family have shown to be a failure. |
| 1:33.6 | Kids who've had abstinence only sex ed are actually likely to get pregnant and likely to contract an STI, |
| 1:39.0 | then kids who've had comprehensive sex education. |
| 1:41.9 | Because as it turns out, telling kids that condoms don't work and they shouldn't bother makes them less likely to use condoms |
| 1:49.1 | when they inevitably decide to have sex. |
| 1:51.2 | No one could have predicted. |
| 1:53.3 | And it's not restrictions on access to abortion rammed through state legislatures by Republican majorities after 2010 and 2012. |
| 2:00.0 | This data comes from way, way back in 2011, the most recent year for which we have at this data set. |
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