OA598: No, Tribal Sovereignty Will Not Save Abortion Access
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🗓️ 24 May 2022
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Summary
Some folks on the internet have been trying to "one weird trick" our way to saving Roe by claiming that tribal sovereignty could help ensure abortion access. Well, not only is this wrong, it's offensively wrong. OA brings you the deep-dive on Indian Law (yes, that's what it's called...) with a refresher on McGirt v. Oklahoma, and why none of that equals an instant abortion rights fix. After that, a wildcard question – now that Roe is being overturned, does that mean justices committed perjury in their confirmation hearings?
Links: McGirt v. Oklahoma, 18 US Code § 1153 - Offenses committed within Indian country, The Hyde Amendment, Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights: The Indian Health Service and Its Inconsistent Application of the Hyde Amendment
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| 1:11.7 | Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is Episode 598, and I'm Thomas Thets, |
| 1:23.1 | Andrew Torres, lawyer, extraordinaire. How you doing? |
| 1:26.4 | I'm great, Thomas. How are you? Doing well these days, it's tough with the imminent loss of even more |
| 1:32.3 | rights to reproductive freedom in this country, and today's episode is talking about that. |
| 1:37.5 | There's sort of, I think I would classify it as a bit of a one-weird trick, ask, take about this. |
| 1:43.3 | Is that right? Is that fair, you think? |
| 1:45.3 | Yeah, I think that's right, and it will also be a kind of a back-to-back deep dive into some tough |
| 1:53.3 | niche areas of law. All right, well, let's get to it. |
| 1:57.7 | Down. Down. |
| 2:01.2 | So, Andrew, people might remember if they've been listening for a while, I don't know, like, |
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