The race to ban abortion

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4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The governor of Alabama signed the nation’s strictest anti-abortion bill into law. Vox’s Anna North explains what the legislation means and Sean Rameswaram speaks with Eric Johnston, the man who helped write it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bill Nye has a new podcast out.
0:02.0	It's called Science Rules.
0:03.5	You might know Bill Nye from Bill Nye,
0:05.0	the Science Guy, or from dropping lots of F-bombs
0:08.2	on last week tonight.
0:09.6	On Science Rules, Bill Nye takes calls from listeners
0:12.6	and answers all their weird, embarrassing, funny,
0:14.9	and occasionally more serious questions.
0:17.0	Like, should we stop eating cheeseburgers
0:19.4	to combat climate change?
0:20.8	Or, how do we go about putting colonies on Mars?
0:24.2	Or, how often should I really be washing my pillowcase?
0:27.4	The first episode of Science Rules is out now.
0:29.8	You can check it out right after you listen to this show.
0:32.4	Today, explain.
0:33.4	Here we go.
0:35.0	MUSIC
0:43.4	For years, anti-borschen groups have been following this more
0:45.7	incremental strategy, kind of chipping away.
0:49.2	Clinic restrictions, restrictions on certain procedures,
0:52.4	things like that.
0:53.2	But when Trump came into office, they
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