Rapid Reaction: Texas Abortion Ban Takes Effect Immediately

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🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On March 31, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Texas lawmakers to exploit the COVID-19 outbreak to ban abortion services—effective immediately. Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo hop on the mic to discuss what happened, what this means, and what's likely to happen next in Texas and around the country. Want to support Boom! Lawyered? Go to: https://rewire.news/boomgive

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0:00.0	Hello fellow law nerds.
0:09.2	Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyered, a rewire.
0:12.3	Dot News podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that just needs things to stop happening.
0:19.0	Just for like a day. Can you give us a goddamn break? I'm Imani
0:25.1	Gandy. And I'm Jess Peeklow. Rewire.com news is dedicated to bringing you the best
0:30.3	reproductive rights and social justice news, commentary, and analysis on the web. And the
0:35.1	Team Legal podcast is part of that mission. So a big thanks to our
0:38.5	subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners. So Jess, I got to get something off my chest here.
0:44.3	You know, I adore you. I adore working with you. I adore your family. I adore everything about you.
0:51.3	And this coronavirus pandemic is a really stressful time. And so I feel like
0:55.9	that we really need to take care of ourselves and each other, which is why I have some bad news.
1:02.8	Oh, okay. You're not allowed to take any more time off. I'm sorry. What? Excuse me?
1:11.2	I know. I know. I'm sorry. What? Excuse me? I know.
1:11.8	I know.
1:12.8	I'm sorry.
1:13.7	And it really does pain me to bring this news to you.
1:17.4	But last week, you took a week off.
1:19.8	And then you came back to work and bang.
1:23.2	While you were off, Texas lost its entire goddamn mind.
1:27.0	And then earlier today, the Fifth Circuit took a look at Texas and said, hey, While you were off, Texas lost its entire goddamn mind.
1:32.9	And then earlier today, the Fifth Circuit took a look at Texas and said, hey, you know what, that looks fun.
1:35.5	We're going to lose our entire goddamn minds as well.
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