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Engagement Party

Katie Britt, IVF, and the Fight for Women's Votes

Engagement Party

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4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that fertilized embryos should be treated as “extrauterine children,” they threw IVF procedures into the abortion rights fight. In his State of the Union speech, President Biden warned Republicans that they “have no clue about the power of women.” And Senator Katie Britt — from the state that has put IVF in peril — was chosen to give the Republican response. Audie talks with writer Ana Marie Cox about how this fight is guiding both parties in their attempt to draw women voters in this year’s presidential election.   Ana Marie Cox is the host of the podcast Getting Better with Ana Marie Cox.   Mentioned in our conversation: Voter Suppression Is the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Secret Sauce  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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During a State of the Union's speech, President Biden warned Republicans saying they have no clue about the power of women.

0:39.4

And on this point, the State of the Union rebuttal speech by Senator Katie Britt of Alabama

0:45.0

might have inadvertently proven him right.

0:47.8

I'm worried about the future of our children.

0:51.2

And this is why I've invited you into this strange, empty kitchen.

0:57.1

Because Republicans wanted me to appeal to woman voters, and women love kitchen.

1:05.7

Okay, actually, this is Scarlett Johansson doing an impersonation of the senator and the S&L cold open over the weekend, lampooning Brit for, quote, auditioning for the part of scary mom.

1:16.9

Now, on paper, the choice to have Brit probably seem to make sense, the youngest woman in the Senate at a kitchen table where politicians believe families make economic decisions.

1:25.4

But Brit is also from the state that is thrown IVF into peril in the abortion rights fight.

1:31.5

And it's a reminder of how much of that fight is guiding both parties in their attempt to draw

1:36.9

women voters.

1:38.2

So helping us to figure all this out is Anna Marie Cox, journalist, podcaster, and author based

1:44.1

in Austin, Texas.

1:46.0

Welcome to the assignment.

1:47.6

I am so glad to be here. Thank you so much for inviting me.

1:50.2

So this is a lot to unpack.

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