The Case for Amendment 4
What A Day
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🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments about Amendment 4 — a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to abortion up until the point of fetal viability in the state's constitution. Justices must approve the language of the amendment proposed by abortion advocates before it can be put on the ballot in November. We’re joined by Anna Hochkammer, Councilmember for PineCrest Florida and Executive Director of Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition, to learn more about Amendment 4 and how it would protect women and pregnant people in the state if passed.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the latest Hamas counterproposal for a ceasefire. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Egypt and Qatar working on mediation between Hamas and Israel. He also met with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials in Jerusalem.
And in headlines: the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether or not Trump is eligible to be president again, Senate Republicans killed the new border deal and foreign aid package, and the Environmental Protection Agency tightened standards for fine particle pollution.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, February 8th. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Priyanka Arabindee. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Juanita Tolliver, and this is what a day. |
| 0:06.0 | The podcast that is telling election officials across the country |
| 0:10.0 | to add a none of these candidates option to every single ballot, especially in the Republican primary. |
| 0:15.6 | Yeah, except I am going to be a little careful what I wish for here because at this rate, |
| 0:21.9 | none of these candidates is going to win the presidential election. |
| 0:24.8 | Yikes, yikes, yikes. |
| 0:27.8 | On today's show, we discussed the latest in the negotiations for a ceasefire between |
| 0:34.9 | Israel and Hamas. Plus the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today about |
| 0:38.5 | whether or not Trump is eligible to be president again. But first, the Florida Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments about the language of the |
| 0:45.8 | constitutional amendment that abortion rights advocates are working to get on the ballot |
| 0:49.8 | in November 2024. |
| 0:51.8 | Amendment 4, as state officials have labeled it, |
| 0:54.2 | would guarantee a right to abortion |
| 0:56.1 | up until the point of fetal viability |
| 0:57.9 | in Florida's Constitution. |
| 0:59.3 | And as a reminder, currently, women and pregnant people |
| 1:02.2 | in Florida face a 15-week abortion ban, and the six-week |
| 1:06.0 | abortion ban, which DeSantis signed in the debt of night last year, would go into effect 30 days |
| 1:11.8 | after the Florida Supreme Court rules on a challenge to the |
| 1:14.4 | constitutionality of the state's existing 15-week ban. |
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