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🗓️ 31 May 2024
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In 2022 the Supreme Court gave control of abortion back to “the people and their elected representatives.” This November will be the greatest test yet of what that means. Democrats are running hard on the issue and as many as 16 states will vote directly on abortion. A grassroots movement has sprung up to defend reproductive rights. Will this fight decide the election? And what will the results mean for women’s ability to have an abortion?
Charlotte Howard hosts with Sacha Nauta and Idrees Kahloon. Mary Ziegler of the University of California, Davis, and The Economist’s Stevie Hertz and Daniella Raz also contribute.
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0:19.4 | Yesterday Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in the |
0:26.3 | hush money trial in New York. He has of course promised to appeal. This is an |
0:32.2 | important verdict and an historic moment. A felon is a |
0:36.1 | major party's presumptive nominee for the presidency. It's also likely that this is the |
0:41.2 | only trial that will come to a conclusion before November's election. |
0:46.1 | We have discussed the case on the show before, most recently in our episode of April 19th, |
0:50.9 | and we will talk about it again. |
0:53.6 | For today, we're looking at a different issue that is likely to have a bigger impact on the |
0:57.8 | outcome of the election, and which also has a profound effect on American women, the right to have an abortion. |
1:05.5 | You can listen to our reporting and analysis of the verdict against Donald Trump on today's |
1:09.8 | episode of the Intelligence. Rovi Wade was argued twice before the Supreme Court. |
1:18.0 | The first time, in front of only seven justices, |
1:21.0 | J Floyd argued for Texas. |
1:23.8 | Defending that state's abortion ban, |
1:25.8 | he opened with a joke about the two women who were opposing counsel, |
1:29.7 | Linda Coffey and Sarah Weddington. |
1:32.2 | Mr. Floyd said, |
1:33.8 | when a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, |
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