Abortion Rights Won the Midterms, Now What?

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

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This week, voters went to the polls to elect their representatives at every level of government. Most notably for us at the ACLU, the midterms are the first opportunity to get a national sense of where voters are sitting on abortion access since the June overturn of Roe v. Wade. We are also on guard watching for voting rights violations and are eager to make sure every ballot is counted. So far we are cautiously optimistic and hopeful about the positive progress for civil rights and civil liberties and so today we are checking in with the experts, the morning after election day, to see how they’re feeling about the future of our reproductive freedom and voting rights work. Joining us are J.J. Straight, the ACLU’s Liberty Division Deputy Director and Zara Haq, a Senior Campaign Strategist, both J.J. and Zara sit in our National Political Advocacy Department. Text ACT to 82623 to sign up for ongoing, automated text alerts from ACLU and its affiliates about ways to take action and support the ACLU Organizations. Msg & Data Rates May Apply. Text STOP to cancel or HELP for info. https://www.aclu.org/privacypolicy

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0:00.0	From the ACLU, this is at Liberty. I'm Kendall Seasmeyer, your host.
0:09.7	This week, voters went to the polls to elect their representatives at every level of government.
0:16.1	Most notably for us at the ACLU, the midterms are the first opportunity to get a national sense where voters are
0:22.7	sitting on abortion access since the June overturn of Roe v. Wade. We are also on guard watching
0:29.3	for voting rights violations and are eager to make sure every ballot is counted. So far, we are
0:35.9	cautiously optimistic and hopeful about the positive progress for
0:39.9	civil rights and civil liberties that we're seeing. And so today we're going to check in with the experts,
0:45.8	the morning after the election, to see how they're feeling about the future of our reproductive
0:51.3	freedom and voting rights work. Joining us are JJ Strait, the ACLU's
0:56.4	Liberty Division Deputy Director and Zara Huck, a senior campaign strategist. Both JJ and Zara
1:04.1	sit in our national political advocacy department. JJ, Zara, welcome to at Liberty.
1:10.4	Thank you. Thanks, Kendall.
1:12.1	I'm so happy to have you both here. I want to just check in and get a gut reaction from both of you.
1:18.6	It's the morning after election day. We have some results, but we are still awaiting others.
1:24.2	How are the two of you feeling so far about where we are? And did you sleep last night?
1:29.4	Be honest. This is JJ. I slept for maybe two and a half hours. I wouldn't say it was the most
1:36.0	restful sleep I've ever had. But I actually feel vindicated this morning. I love that. Yeah. I mean, as you mentioned, we had the Dobbs decision,
1:48.8	which obviously, you know, we expected, saw it coming around the corner, had the leak happen. But the way that
1:56.4	decision absolutely also put us at a different level of citizenship in this country. And what I
2:04.7	saw last night and what started in August for us in Kansas was when abortion was on the ballot,
2:12.6	people spoke clearly and definitively and with the majority voice that we know we have on this issue,
2:20.8	which is nonpartisan, and that is that abortion is popular and that people want it to be
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