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Hi, and welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, February 10th.

I'm Jessica Gross.

I'm the managing editor of Double X, and with me in New York is Nina Rastogi, who is also editing for Double X and does Slate's Browbeat blog.

Hi, Jess.

Hey, Nina.

And joining us from Frosty Madison, Wisconsin is Hannah Rosen, who is the founding editor of Double X.

Hi, Hannah.

Burr.

Burr.

Hi.

Burr.

Cold.

So today's Double X Gab Fest is the fried kitty edition, and we will be talking about HR3 and the new Republican efforts against abortion.

Emily Bazelon's great story about shaken baby syndrome in last weekend's New York Times magazine,

and we will also talk about the terrible new movie The Roommate.

So let's begin with a discussion about HR3.

So there's this new anti-abortion effort led by House Republicans.

It's called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.

And they're framing the issue as one of fiscal responsibility rather than morality.

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