Prop 1: Abortion and Reproductive Rights

Bay Curious

KQED

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Prop Fest 2022 breaks down all the statewide propositions on your ballot. Proposition 1 would solidify abortion and reproductive rights into the state constitution. If you thought abortion was already protected in California, you’re not wrong. But today we’ll learn why the California lawmakers who placed this on our ballot want to take things a step further, and we’ll dig into the details that have opponents concerned. Additional Reading: KQED Voter Guide Read episode transcript here Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by April Dembosky. Prop Fest is made by the Bay Curious team, Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Amanda Font and Brendan Willard, in collaboration with The Bay team, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Alan Montecillo, and Maria Esquinca. Our Social Video Intern is Darren Tu. Additional support from Kyana Moghadam, Jen Chien, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan.

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0:00.0	From KQED.
0:02.0	Hello, hello everyone and welcome to the kickoff episode of KQED's ProPfest 2022.
0:12.0	Today we begin the podcast series brought to you by Bay Curious and our friends at the Bay,
0:16.9	where we call up our smart reporter friends at KQED to help us break down the
0:21.1	propositions we'll be voting on this fall.
0:24.0	Ballots will start arriving in your mailboxes in early October.
0:27.6	So yes, even though it's only September,
0:30.0	election season is very much here.
0:33.0	But if you've been watching TV or have a mailbox,
0:36.0	you probably already knew that.
0:37.6	I know I for one am drowning in campaign ads.
0:40.8	Today we're starting prop fest by looking at Proposition 1, which would
0:45.0	solidify abortion and reproductive rights into the state constitution. Here's an
0:50.2	excerpt from the amendment. The state shall not deny or interfere
0:54.5	with an individual's reproductive freedom
0:57.1	in their most intimate decisions,
0:59.4	which includes their fundamental right
1:01.8	to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.
1:09.0	If you thought abortion was already protected in California, you're not wrong. But today we'll learn why the
1:15.0	California lawmakers who placed this on our ballot want to take things a step further. And we'll
1:20.6	dig into the details that have opponents concerned.
1:23.0	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
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