The John Roberts Abortion Conundrum...Resolved?

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🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Last night, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block an anti-choice law in Louisiana from taking effect while it is being challenged in the courts. John Roberts was the deciding vote. Yes, you read that correctly. Is this a one-time thing, or does this signal that Roberts is moving to the middle on abortion? And what's next for abortion rights in Louisiana and around the country? Join Jess and Imani for a discussion of all of this plus an interview with Center for Reproductive Rights senior counsel (and lead attorney on this case!) T.J. Tu.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow law nerds.
0:09.4	Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyred, a rewired dot news podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that is ecstatic about the rights of pregnant people in Louisiana to continue to receive abortion care.
0:23.6	Hooray!
0:24.6	Hooray!
0:25.7	I'm I'm Imani Gandy.
0:27.0	And I'm Jess Peeklo.
0:28.5	Rewire.
0:28.9	Dot News is dedicated to bringing you the best reproductive rights and social justice news, commentary, and analysis on the web, and the team legal podcast is part of that mission.
0:38.1	So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners.
0:41.4	So last night, the Supreme Court shocked Jessica and me, for those of you who listened to our
0:46.9	episode on Monday, we were rather pessimistic about the prospect of the Supreme Court issuing
0:53.3	a stay in June Medical Services v. Ghee,
0:57.0	which is the case involving Louisiana's admitting privileges law.
1:01.4	But John Roberts joined forces with the liberals and issued the stay.
1:08.8	We are going to talk to you about what that means after
1:11.0	the break, and we're also going to talk to TJ2, who is Senior Counsel at the Center for
1:15.9	Reproductive Rights, and he will tell us what this case means as well.
1:19.9	Stay tuned.
1:33.6	We are so excited to have with us, T.J.2, Senior Council at the Center for Reproductive Rights and lead attorney for the folks challenging the Louisiana law. T.J., thank you so much for joining us.
1:39.6	Thank you for having me. So can you give a quick explanation for our listeners as to just what exactly
1:47.0	happened? What did the court do last night? Sure. So late last night, the court stepped in and said,
1:54.3	we are going to protect the women of Louisiana while you take this appeal to the Supreme Court.
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