Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast with a quick take on Monday Supreme Court decisions.

The court handed down a significant ruling on abortion, saying in essence that the state

of Texas went too far, regulating clinics there that perform abortions.

We're going to talk about that case and what it means as well as a few others.

I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House and the campaign.

I'm Scott Detro, campaign reporter.

And joining us on the podcast for the first time in a little while, we have

Nina Tottenberg, our legal affairs correspondent.

Hey, Nina.

Hi, just another day at the office, eh?

Pretty big day.

This abortion decision is somebody we all know would say, you...

Several people we know would say, you...

Huge, huge.

Well, so I've heard that this is being called the biggest abortion case in two decades.

It's probably right, because two decades ago, in 92, the Supreme Court narrowed Roe vs. Wade.

And said states could regulate abortion more, but they could not do so in a manner that

imposed any sort of substantial obstacle or a substantial burden on a woman's right to

have an abortion.

And that was the meat of the question that the court was trying to answer with today's

ruling?

That's correct, because Texas adopted, you may recall, Wendy Davis, the state legislator

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