A Majority of Americans Support Roe. That Doesn't Mean They Agree on Abortion.

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Senate Democrats failed to pass a bill that would have codified the right to an abortion Wednesday, with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin voting with all Republicans in opposition. Polls show a majority of Americans support Roe V. Wade, but opinions vary widely when it comes to restrictions like waiting periods, required ultrasounds, and gestational cutoffs.

Also, we look at how different religions define the beginning of life, and what that means for the thorny political debate on abortion.

This episode: White House Correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national correspondent Susan Davis.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Phil, a very tired band director in St. Petersburg, Florida, where I just finished
0:05.9	my spring concert with my 200 band kids.
0:09.5	This podcast was recorded at.
0:11.3	Way to go Phil and Phil's band.
0:13.2	It is 12.51 Eastern on Thursday, May 12th.
0:17.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I will probably still be very tired.
0:21.4	Enjoy the show.
0:22.4	Were you a band kid, Scott?
0:27.0	I was not, but I'm surrounded by them in my life.
0:30.7	Were you?
0:31.7	No, I wasn't, but I kind of wish I was, because like, like, band kids have more fun than I
0:35.2	realized when I was a kid.
0:36.7	Sarah McCammon is joining us today and I feel like odds are possibly she was.
0:40.8	Sarah?
0:41.8	So this is a complex answer.
0:44.6	There was a three-way tie in sixth grade band for first chair flute, and I was one of
0:50.2	the first chair flute.
0:51.2	There were only five of us, so I feel kind of bad about that on somebody's levels.
0:56.0	And then I just did a choir for the rest of my musical career.
1:00.4	That counts.
1:01.4	That counts.
1:02.4	Thank you.
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