Monday, April 18th, 2022

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🗓️ 18 April 2022

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This week starts with a new abortion ban in Kentucky. Meanwhile, the RNC has voted to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates. Then another update on the war in Ukraine, followed by Stephen Miller’s testimony before the House January 6th committee. Next, Governor Greg Abbott has trouble brewing at the Texas border. Finally, the Florida Department of Education banned fifty math textbooks. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: WaPo: Ky. Republicans override veto, impose sweeping abortion restrictions NPR: Republicans say they're quitting the 'biased' Commission on Presidential Debates CBS News: More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region, and many were "simply executed," police say NY Times: Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd Texas Tribune: Greg Abbott’s call for more vehicle inspections at the border is causing delays and supply chain issues, locals say CNN: Florida rejects 41% of new math textbooks, citing critical race theory among its reasons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, April 18th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.8	by Betcha's media.
0:09.3	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:14.4	Here we go, another week full of absolutely absurd stories, and this Monday is starting
0:19.7	off strong.
0:21.0	A new 15-week abortion ban was passed in Kentucky, which is modeled after the Mississippi law
0:26.2	that is currently before the Supreme Court.
0:28.6	The one that is widely acknowledged could be the one to effectively overturn Roe v. Wade.
0:33.6	This new law in Kentucky imposes limits on medication abortion, and requires the cremation
0:38.8	or burial of fetal remains, and bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
0:44.3	There's no exception for rape or incest, and while this may seem like just a 15-week
0:48.6	ban, there are a few provisions in the bill which have actually already made Kentucky
0:53.1	the first state where it is no longer possible to get an abortion, and here's why.
0:58.0	The law now requires that new forms be filled out in order to perform the rare legal
1:02.5	abortion, but the state never actually made the forms available because they passed this
1:07.2	law so quickly, making it now effectively impossible to even follow the legal steps to perform
1:12.5	an abortion.
1:13.5	Now let's talk about these forms.
1:16.1	Doctors are required to report demographic information about the people who get abortions,
1:20.0	as well as their sexual partner's names and personal information.
1:24.0	Again, this is in the context of a law where there is no exception for rape or incest.
1:29.1	So unfortunately, it appears that the Kentucky legislature has achieved their goal of forcing
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