Agree to Disagree: Is It Right to End Roe?

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The Supreme Court is poised to make a decision so controversial that even a leaked draft majority opinion can send shockwaves across the nation. In 98-pages, Justice Alito decried Roe v. Wade as “egregiously wrong from the start," declared no right to abortion can be found in the Constitution, and sent abortion laws back to the states — about half of which have "trigger laws" that will ban abortion almost immediately upon Roe's demise. Exactly how likely is this draft opinion to become the law of the land? What would overturning such a landmark ruling mean for the Court as an institution? And are the Justices ultimately correct in holding that Roe was simply wrong? Against the backdrop of divisive media coverage and partisan sensationalism one of the nation's most polarizing topics, we're doing what we do best: In this Intelligence Squared "pop-up" debate, we bring two of the nation's most esteemed legal scholars to the table for a civil, thoughtful debate on the merits of whether it’s right to end Roe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because
0:05.4	I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th.
0:08.0	But I think it's just the holiday period.
0:10.2	It's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:14.2	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
0:18.8	Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:27.0	Mary Ziegler and Sarah Esker, thank you so much for joining us at Intelligent Square.
0:30.5	It's great to have you.
0:31.5	Thanks for having us, Bob, to be here.
0:33.3	And this is a conversation in our agreed to disagree series and that's where at Intelligent
0:38.2	Square we aim for conversations that really do allow for nuance and also the possibility
0:43.5	that our two guests may actually agree on a number of things.
0:46.5	But we choose to start out focusing on where your positions are in disagreement.
0:51.2	We really want to understand your thinking on these things.
0:54.3	And in this case, that starting point is on the fundamental question that's been with
0:57.6	us really for decades, but is now totally sort again to the top of the national consciousness.
1:03.8	Beginning with the leak of the decade, maybe the leak of the century, Justice Samuel
1:07.4	Alito's draft opinion, overturning Ro.
1:10.6	A majority opinion, meaning that his side would have the votes to overturn the landmark
1:16.0	1973 decision that guaranteed women the right to an abortion.
1:20.6	And what about that judgment?
1:22.2	Is it right to end Ro?
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