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🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.4 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:11.2 | Good morning and welcome to the programme. |
0:13.4 | What are we, Ken? |
0:14.4 | In so many ways, whatever you were doing, whether it included dancing, camping or a bit of |
0:19.2 | both or neither. |
0:20.9 | One thing is for sure, come today, come this Monday morning, Americans are starting this |
0:26.0 | week with a newly redrawn map of the United States in light of the Supreme Court's landmark |
0:31.7 | overturning of Roe v Wade, which gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion. |
0:38.5 | That was until Friday afternoon, UK time. |
0:42.1 | As I talked to you now, abortion is now legally banned in at least nine US states with |
0:46.9 | more to follow, as so-called trigger laws clear the necessary hurdles. |
0:51.7 | For some, this is a time of huge shame, sorrow, bafflement and fear. |
0:57.1 | The clock turned back on women's rights. |
0:59.7 | For others, the Supreme Court's decision represents a victory, the success of a long-fort battle |
1:05.9 | against abortion being a nationwide right in America. |
1:09.8 | Today, as always here on Women's Hour, I want to focus on women and specifically women |
1:15.0 | who are pregnant now who do not want to be living in America, especially in states where |
1:20.7 | even abortion providers are unclear if they will be prosecuted should they go ahead with |
1:25.4 | procedures. |
1:27.2 | What should those women do today, tomorrow, this week? |
1:32.5 | I also want to do another thing we always do here on the programme. |
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