Debrief: The Abortion Ruling
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Jenna Lee
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
A SmartHER take on the landmark abortion case decided by the Supreme Court. What to know. Why It Matters. What's Next & What To Watch.
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Plus: A lingering question: Are you truly free? What or who defines our liberty remains at the heart of this case and so many of our news stories. We don't avoid this topic - We drive through it and look forward to your thoughts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. We're recording this a few days after the landmark Supreme Court decision |
| 0:08.3 | that has forever changed abortion law in America, and that's why that decision matters. |
| 0:13.3 | Abortion law can go in a lot of different directions from this point on, and we can't anticipate |
| 0:17.7 | the future, but for now, this is an important moment. It is historic |
| 0:23.3 | because the Supreme Court decision overruled past Supreme Court precedent that placed abortion |
| 0:30.1 | underneath the umbrella of a constitutional right and put it back under the awning of the state. It's summertime here in Texas, |
| 0:41.0 | so I'm thinking a lot about shade. And that's one way that you could think about how has this |
| 0:46.1 | decision changed? Well, at first, this idea of abortion, the policy of abortion, fell underneath |
| 0:53.2 | the extended shade of the Constitution |
| 0:56.3 | according to the Supreme Court. |
| 0:58.3 | But now the Supreme Court saying that is not the case, that it actually falls underneath |
| 1:02.9 | the awning, the purview of the state. |
| 1:06.3 | And that's why it matters. |
| 1:07.8 | That's why this change really matters. |
| 1:09.5 | Obviously, this has sparked a lot of talk and a lot of debate and a lot of emotion. And I'm glad we've had a few days to think a little bit about this, to think about how to be smarter on this particular topic and more thoughtful and value-driven because that is our mission as smarter news. I've spent a lot of time listening. Listening to you and your questions, |
| 1:32.7 | by the way, you're asking all the great questions that are out there, all the great questions that any journalist can ask, you are asking. So I just wanted to pass along that compliment. |
| 1:37.0 | Absolutely. And I've also spent a lot of time listening to a lot of different information |
| 1:40.3 | sources from wildly different perspectives. And I found that this, this quiet time to |
| 1:46.0 | listen and to do my own research has then led me down a certain path in my reporting. And that's |
| 1:52.2 | why this report is going to be a little different today, because I'm going to try to fill in |
| 1:56.6 | the parts of the news that I see others skipping over. |
| 2:01.4 | That's really preventing us from having a more complete conversation about the history that we're sharing. |
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