Hi, this is Jen and Cambridge, Massachusetts. I'm currently walking along the

Charles River with my dog Charles. This podcast was recorded at 1.10 pm Eastern

Daylight time on Thursday the 7th of July. Things may have changed by the time you

hear this. Okay, here's the show.

Charles by the Charles.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.

And I'm Danielle Kertzleib and I cover politics. Since the Supreme Court

overturned Roe vs. Wade, we've been hearing a familiar refrain from top Democrats.

You must elect more senators and representatives who codify

women's right to choose. I support electing a pro-choice Congress.

We protect the freedom to pass.

Is it on the ballot in November? This fall, Roe is on the ballot.

It is a strategy that has sparked criticism from some abortion rights activists and

we will get to that in a bit. But Danielle, Roe is on the ballot in more ways

than just the balance of power in Congress. There's a lot going on at the

state level. Right. And when the Supreme Court overturned Roe in the

Dobbs decision as they did, they threw the question of abortions of

legality back to states. Many states have trigger laws that immediately went into

effect. Others had existing bans from the pre-roh days that sort of flipped

into effect. And so the question now is what comes next in the elections.

And at the state level, then that means if you're depending on which side you're

on, electing both governors and legislators and attorney generals, people

...