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On Point | Podcast

The policies that matter to voters in Missouri -- and beyond

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Voters across the country went for Donald Trump and other Republicans in big numbers -- and endorsed progressive measures like abortion access and an increased minimum wage in ballot initiatives. What this tells us about what voters really want.

Transcript

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0:33.1

This is on point. I'm Megha Chakrabardi. In last week's election, Missourians did what

0:39.2

Missourians have done for the last several election cycles. They voted overwhelmingly for

0:45.2

Republican candidates across the board, for president, for Senate, for most of their

0:51.6

house seats, for governor. They gave Republicans a majority in both

0:56.1

chambers of their state legislature, too. And then they did something else.

1:03.3

Missourians voted to overturn their state's ban on abortion and place reproductive rights

1:09.7

in the state's constitution.

1:12.4

It felt tremendous.

1:14.4

You know, we haven't had abortion access in Missouri at all for two years, but we haven't

1:19.9

had abortion access in central or western Missouri, where we previously had health centers

1:23.8

that offered abortion since 2018.

1:26.6

So after six years of no access, it is an incredible feeling to have Missourians vote to

1:31.6

restore their rights.

1:33.1

Emily Wales is president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.

1:37.3

And she's talking about Missouri's Amendment 3, which was on the ballot last week and passed

1:44.1

with a 51.6 percent to 48.4% of the vote.

1:50.0

So Missourians have decided to protect abortion access until fetal viability.

1:56.2

And while voters decisively chose to protect abortion access, they also put politicians into office

2:03.0

who oppose the very right they just enshrined. For example, here's Senator Josh Hawley. He won

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