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Boom! Lawyered

How John Roberts Helped Trump Defund Planned Parenthood

Boom! Lawyered

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Immigration, News, History, Jeff Sessions, Reproductive, Racial, Trials, Law, Lgbtq, Supreme Court, Scotus, Government, Politics, Justice, Discrimination

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Planned Parenthood recently announced it will withdraw from the federal family planning program known as Title X because of President Donald Trump’s domestic "gag rule." Imani and Jess explain this crisis and how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts helped lay the foundation for it.

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0:00.0

Hello fellow law nerds.

0:09.3

Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyard,

0:11.8

a rewire dot news podcast hosted by the legal journalism team.

0:16.0

That is just sick of Donald Trump.

0:18.0

You know what I mean?

0:19.3

Like, I'm just sick of the man. I don't like him. He's not my Jewish Messiah. It's frankly a pain in the ass. I'm Imani Gandhi. And I'm Jess Piclo. Rewire. News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social justice news, commentary, and analysis on the web, and the team legal podcast

0:38.4

is part of that mission. So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners.

0:43.7

If there's one thing that anti-choicers love, it's attacking Planned Parenthood.

0:48.4

Definitely.

0:49.3

Whether it's fake claims that Planned Parenthood was founded by a woman whose sole goal in life was to

0:55.1

exterminate the black population through abortion, or claims that Planned Parenthood was in the

1:01.2

nefarious business of selling babyheads on the black market for pennies on the dollar,

1:06.8

anti-choicers seemed to have a never-ending stream of lies and attacks when it comes to Planned Parenthood.

1:12.7

They really do.

1:14.0

And earlier this week, all of the Planned Parenthood haters creamed their collective Twinkie, Amani,

1:21.2

as the reproductive health care provider announced that it would be withdrawing from the federal family planning program known as

1:27.6

Title 10 because of Trump's domestic gag rule. But wait a minute. You said I couldn't say anything

1:35.1

about cream twinkies anymore because you said it was gross. It is. I know, but these are wild

1:41.4

times, Amani and a girl's allowed to change your mind.

1:45.5

Fair enough, fair enough.

1:47.4

But that's exactly what happened.

1:51.0

Anti-choicers could barely contain their excitement.

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