#442: Born at 29 Weeks, This Young American Talks About Late-Term Abortions

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

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Zach Mettler was apparently in quite a rush to see the world--he was born unexpectedly when he was just 29 weeks old, and a mere two pounds. The recent college graduate and Heritage Foundation intern shares how that shaped his views on abortion. Plus: We analyze a new video on the Green New Deal by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.We also cover these stories:•Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a big change for US-Cuba relations.•Federal prosecutors indicted 60 doctors and pharmacists on Wednesday for illegally giving out opioid prescriptions.•The British government has announced that beginning July 15, only those 18 and older will be able to access porn onlineThe Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, April 18th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:10.0	And I'm Daniel Davis. Well, this year Congress can't bring itself to pass a bill banning
0:15.0	infanticide, even though nearly 80% of Americans support that policy, according to a poll
0:20.3	conducted by U-Gov. Well, all of that comes at a time when medical technology
0:25.0	is giving newborn babies a better chance at life
0:28.0	than ever before.
0:29.0	Zach Metler is a living testimony to that.
0:32.0	He was born at just 29 weeks and now interns at the Heritage
0:35.8	Foundation. He'll join us in today's episode. Plus Alexandria Ocaizio Cortez goes off the charts
0:42.2	woke with a new film on climate change.
0:45.0	And if you're enjoying this podcast, please consider leaving a review or a five-star
0:50.0	rating at iTunes and encouraging others to subscribe. Now onto our top news.
0:57.0	Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a big change for U.S. Cuba relations.
1:04.0	I'm here to announce an important decision regarding the United States policy towards Cuba.
1:10.0	In 1996 Congress passed the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, also known as Libertad.
1:17.8	Under Title III of that Act, the United States citizens who had the property confiscated
1:21.0	by the Castro regime were given the right to file suit against
1:23.1	those who traffic in such properties. But those citizens opportunities for justice have
1:28.8	been put out of reach for more than two decades. Now more than 22 years, every president, every secretary state has suspended Title III in the
1:37.9	hope that doing so would put more pressure on the Cuban regime to transition to democracy.
1:45.7	But just as we did in regard to moving our embassy to Jerusalem, the true capital of Israel,
1:50.4	or designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for what it is a terrorist organization,
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