National Abortion Ban Could Come To A Vote If Republicans Win Congress

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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After initially being reluctant to talk about the substance of the leaked Supreme Court opinion, GOP lawmakers have begun to campaign on the exaggerated notion that Democratic lawmakers support abortion until the moment of birth. And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell raised the possibility of bringing a national abortion ban to a vote if Republicans take power in the midterms, though the Biden White House would almost certainly veto such a bill.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	This is Josh in Kansas City, Kansas and I am sitting here with my three-year-old son,
0:05.7	Zander. Say hi Zander. Hi. He is eating rock candy that he has just bought with his own money
0:12.4	after writing his balance by three-quarters of a mile down to the local store for the first time.
0:18.8	This podcast was recorded at... 132 pm Eastern Time on Monday, May 9th. Things might have changed
0:26.8	by the time you hear this, but I will still be having adventures with my son. Okay, here's the show.
0:39.2	Oh, adorable. Nice job, Zander. You know, I did buy one of those balance bikes recently for my kid,
0:46.7	but like he's not really into it and he's three, too. Motivation here. Is he tipping over?
0:52.1	You know, I think he gets nervous about like not really having full sense of control on it.
0:57.7	Did you ever use one of it with your kids? No, I didn't, but I think if you offer rock candies,
1:03.0	instead of maybe. It's all about the candies. Scooters are really the thing now.
1:07.8	Yes, yeah. Well, hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.
1:13.2	I'm Deer Jörg Walsh, I cover Congress. And I'm Dominic O'Montanara, Senior Political Editor and
1:17.3	Correspondent. And the big political news this week continues to be the fight over abortion.
1:23.0	Last week, a draft Supreme Court opinion was leaked and it seems to have upended how the GOP
1:27.7	is talking about the end of constitutional protections for abortion access, a long-sought goal of the
1:32.7	party. On today's show, we'll talk about how Republicans plan to regroup and refocus if the
1:37.8	Supreme Court overturns Roe. The other day on this podcast, we talked about how Democrats have
1:42.7	been responding to the leaked Supreme Court draft decision. If you all miss that episode, I do
1:47.5	suggest going to your feed, checking it out. It was quite a good episode. But today, again,
1:51.0	the focus is on Republicans, what they have been saying about the decision and what they noticeably
1:56.0	have not. So, Deer Jörg, I want to start with you. You know, in the news of the Supreme Court
2:02.0	draft decision being leaked, first came out. A lot of Republicans, it seemed on Capitol Hill,
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