The Very Uphill Battle To Protect Abortion In Congress

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The House will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act today in an effort to codify abortion rights — but without a Democratic majority in the Senate as well, it probably won’t go anywhere. Congresswoman Barbara Lee joins us to discuss what Democrats can actually do on a federal level to protect access to abortion right now.

A 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio had to cross state lines to Indiana a few weeks ago to get an abortion. Her story has garnered national attention recently, specifically from conservatives who sought to discredit it.

And in headlines: the gunman in the Buffalo, New York shooting was charged with 27 counts of federal hate crimes, a Russian airstrike killed at least 23 people in Ukraine, and Texas is suing the Biden administration over its new abortion guidance.

Show Notes:

Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
NPR: “A rape, an abortion, and a one-source story: a child's ordeal becomes national news” – https://n.pr/3z3JUNE

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0:00.0	It's Friday, July 15th. I'm Erin Ryan.
0:09.2	And I'm Abdul Alsaid and this is What a Day.
0:11.4	Where we're shouting out the person who carries sunscreen for President Biden as he tours
0:14.9	the Middle East.
0:15.9	Yeah, please make sure our guy is appropriately greased up because the Sun Out There
0:20.5	is not nice.
0:21.5	Well, actually, the Sun is great.
0:23.0	It's just that that man doesn't have enough melody.
0:31.3	On the show, the Buffalo New York grocery store where a mass shooting happened last May re-opens
0:35.5	today.
0:36.5	Plus a museum used X-rays to find a secret van Gogh self-portrait under one of his other
0:40.2	paintings.
0:41.2	But first, we're going to discuss Congress's fight for reproductive rights where things are
0:45.6	not looking good.
0:47.1	Yesterday, the House debated a Democrat-led bill called the Women's Health Protection Act.
0:52.2	It's pretty much an updated version of a protective abortion bill that failed to pass
0:55.7	the Senate back in May.
0:57.9	Here is Texas Democratic Representative Sylvia Garcia on the House floor yesterday.
1:02.5	Well, mega Republicans want to rip away women's rights.
1:06.2	House Democrats remain committed to standing with women.
1:10.2	We trust women.
1:12.6	For second time, we will vote to pass the Women's Health Protection Act to make the protections
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