Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In a 6-3 vote along partisan lines, the Supreme Court's conservative majority has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old case that was the basis for legal abortion across the United States. The result: a split national landscape, with states free to enforce laws prohibiting abortion.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, national correspondent Sarah McCammon, demographics and culture correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	It's the Empire Politics Podcast.
0:06.2	It is Friday, June 24th at 145 Eastern.
0:10.6	I'm Scott Detreau.
0:11.6	I cover the White House.
0:12.6	I'm Danielle Kurtzlavin.
0:13.6	I cover demographics and culture.
0:14.6	I'm Sarah McCammon.
0:15.6	I cover abortion rights.
0:17.4	I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:20.3	And you are all here because Roe v Wade, the landmark decision that established the constitutional
0:24.8	right to an abortion nearly 50 years ago, is no longer the law of the land.
0:29.1	The U.S. Supreme Court in a decision written by Justice Samuel Olydo has overruled that
0:34.3	decision today and millions of people's lives are all ready being affected.
0:38.6	Carrie, let's start with the majority decision.
0:41.0	What does it say?
0:42.0	Yeah, there's a couple of lines under the holding written by Justice Olydo.
0:46.0	It's really stark and really clear.
0:47.9	He says the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.
0:52.3	Roe and its sister case Casey from 1992 are overruled.
0:57.2	And the authority to regulate abortion is returned at the people and their elected representatives.
1:02.4	That's it.
1:03.4	Okay, so let's talk about how state laws are already changing.
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